Dist. 48, 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 XLVIII.
#### *On the form and quality of the judge.*

*It is also customarily asked, in what form Christ will judge* etc.

### DIVISION OF THE TEXT.

Above the Master determined concerning the order of the judgement. In this part he determines concerning the form and quality of the one judging. And this part is divided into two. In the first he determines concerning the quality of the one judging in himself. In the second, [concerning that quality] in its effects, in which the greatness of his power is shown, namely the darkening of the luminaries and afterwards their bettering, there: *But when the Lord comes to the judgement* etc.

The first part has three [members]. In the first part he determines concerning the form and the power. In the second, however, he determines concerning the quality of the form in which he will show himself, there: *But since he stands in human form* etc. In the third he determines concerning the place, there: *And some think that the Lord* etc. — And thus two things in all are touched upon here. The first is concerning the form in which the judge will come. The second is concerning the renewal and perfection of the bodies of the world.

### TREATMENT OF THE QUESTIONS.

For the understanding of the present distinction, according to the two things which the Master determines, two things are principally asked.

First it is asked concerning the appearing of the judge.

Second, concerning the renewal of the higher bodies.

Concerning the first, four things are asked.

First it is asked concerning the judiciary power.

Second, concerning the form in which he will appear.

Third, concerning the quality of the form.

Fourth it is asked concerning the hour of the judgement.

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