Dist. 5, Divisio Textus
by St. Bonaventure
Source text: Public Domain Mark 1.0. English translation/apparatus/encoding: CC BY-NC 4.0, Wroot Press.
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### COMMENTARY ON DISTINCTION V.

*Of what sort the Angels were made by aversion and conversion.*

**"After these things, [a] consideration" etc.**

### DIVISION OF THE TEXT.

Above, the Master showed of what sort the Angels were made in their first condition. Here, secondly, he intends to treat of what sort they were made by aversion and conversion. Now this part is divided into three. In the first he treats of aversion and conversion. In the second, of confirmation and obstinacy, below in distinction seven: *Above it was said that the Angels* etc. In the third, of the distinction of the orders, below in distinction nine: *After the foregoing it remains to know.* The first part has two [sections]. In the first he treats of conversion and aversion. In the second, of the ruin which followed upon the aversion of the wicked, and this below in distinction six: *Moreover it must be known* etc. The first part has three [sections]. In the first he shows what it is to be averted and to be converted. In the second he shows by whom it is, there: *For they all had* etc. In the third he raises and resolves certain doubts concerning the conversion, there: *But if it is asked, whether after creation.* And that third part has three parts according to the three doubts, which he settles and explains. For first he determines whether grace was conferred on the good for this, that they might be efficaciously converted. Secondly, whether their aversion is to be imputed to the wicked, since they had not had grace, there: *And therefore to some it seems* etc. In the third he determines whether the conversion was meritorious of confirmation, there: *Here it is wont to be asked, whether in the confirmation itself* etc. — And thus three [things] are touched upon in all, namely the aversion of Lucifer, the aversion of the other lesser [Angels], and the conversion of the good.

### TREATMENT OF THE QUESTIONS.

For the understanding of this part, in which it is asked of what sort the Angels were made through aversion and conversion, three [things] are asked. For first it is asked about the aversion of Lucifer, who was the head of all malice. Secondly it is asked about the aversion of the lesser Angels. Thirdly about the conversion of the good. Concerning the first, two [things] are asked. The first is, whether he sinned by the sin of pride. The second is, what was his object of appetite.