Dist. 50, Part 2, Divisio Textus
by St. Bonaventure
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## Commentary on Distinction L.

### Part II.
#### *On the state of the damned before the judgement, especially as regards cognition.*

*Furthermore it is customarily asked, whether of the reprobate* etc.

**For the text of the Master see above, page 1034.**

### Division of the text.

Above, the Master determined the state of the damned after the judgement as regards the reason and the will. Here he incidentally determines their state before the judgement, especially as regards cognition. And this part is divided into three. In the first he determines how the cognition of the reprobate souls stands in relation to us. In the second, however, how it stands in relation to the Blessed, there: *It is also customarily asked, whether conversely* etc. In the third he asks how the Blessed stand in relation to the reprobate, there: *Lastly it is asked, whether, the punishment of the reprobate having been seen* etc.

The last part has two parts. In the first he shows that the glory of the good will not be diminished by the sight of the punishment of the damned. In the second he sets forth the punishments which they will see, namely the worm and the fire, there: *Nor is it to be wondered at, if the Saints* etc.; where he concludes his discourse by briefly summing up what has been determined in this book and also in all the preceding ones.

### Treatment of the questions.

For the understanding of this part two things are asked principally.

First it is asked concerning the cognition of the separated soul.

Second, concerning the worm.

Concerning the first, three things are asked.

First it is asked concerning its cognition by comparison to the knowing power.

Second, by comparison to the state of wayfarers.

Third, by comparison to the state of the Blessed.

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