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Glossa Ordinaria translation- Epistles of St. John
DIR By: glossa
Date: May 15, 2015, 9:11 pm
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Fortunately this has been translated and is now published by
Consolamini Publications here
HTML http://www.amazon.com/Consolamini-Commentary-Ordinaria-Epistles-Translation/dp/151199973X/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1431742181&sr=8-6&keywords=glossa+ordinaria
As a preview I will provide the 5 chapter of 1 John!
Also here are some resources for anyone who wants Latin
manuscripts and versions!
HTML https://sites.google.com/site/glossaordinariaproject/home/1-john
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Re: Glossa Ordinaria translation- Epistles of St. John
DIR By: glossa
Date: May 15, 2015, 9:13 pm
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Chapter 5
5:1 Whosoever believes that Jesus is aChrist, is bborn of Him.
And every one that loves chim which dbegat: eloves him also that
was *born of fhim.
Whosoever believes. He believes who lives as Christ has
commanded, otherwise even the demons believe.
And works before faith are either null or, even if they seem
good, they are empty, because they are apart from the way which
is Christ. (Bede Expo. On 1 John)
Whosoever believes. He who truly loves God, also loves his
brother. For he who loves God the Father, loves God the Son, who
was begotten by the Father, and he who loves the Son of God,
loves also the sons of God, who are the limbs of that Head.
Therefore let us love the sons of God so that we may love the
Son of God whose limbs they are, and, by loving the entire Son,
let us love the Father. For love joins together the body of
Christ, so that there may be one Christ. So he who loves his
brother, loves himself. For he is himself one with him. Nor can
he who loves the limbs of Christ not love Christ. So he who
loves the Son, who is the same as the Father, necessarily loves
the Father too. Whosoever believes. And he who truly loves God,
loves also his brother. For he who loves God who begot, loves
him who was begotten, since he was begotten by him. And who is
born? Whosoever believes, etc. And who is it who begot? God the
Father. Therefore, he who loves God who begets in faith, loves
him who was begotten in faith. And speaking suitably about love,
he mentions faith, because if anyone is so hard as to disdain to
love a man for the reason that he is a man, because he is in the
same exile, he must be reminded to love him for this reason at
least, that he is born of God, that he is a sharer of the same
grace. But because many love their neighbors on account of
consanguinity, or on account of a temporal advantage, he
determines who is a true lover of one’s neighbor. (Bede Expo. On
1 John)
a. Messiah. b. In this faith. c. God. d. In faith. e. Man.
* In faith. f. God.
5:2 aIn this we know that when we love the children of God, we
love God, and keep his *commandments.
a. He who is rightly proven to love his neighbor is he who also
loves God. And so that no one should deceive themselves
concerning the love of God, saying in word only that they love
God, he adds "and keep his commandments". As a proof of love is
the display of work. *This is my commandment, that you love one
another (Jn. 15:12).
5:3 For athis is the charity of God that we keep his
bcommandments: and his commandments are not heavy.
(They) are not heavy. They do not weigh down as a talent of
lead, but they lift up, and the keeping of the commandments of
God makes men elevated. (Didymus of Alexandria Expo. 1 John)
Are not heavy. For the yoke of God is sweet, and a light burden.
For things that are hard and harsh by their nature, the love of
God and the hope of the reward makes light. If someone says that
they are heavy, he accuses his own weakness, because for the
strong man they are light, and in truth they are not heavy,
because all that is born of God, overcomes the world (verse 4).
He is born of God who loves God and neighbor, and who about
God's commandments has so determined, that he would bring them
to action. And he overcomes the world, despises the allurements
or hostilities of the age, and the very death of the body.
He seeks the things that are above, not those that are on earth.
And so that no one should trust that he can overcome the world
by his own merit, he adds, "and this is the victory which
overcomes the world: our faith" (verse 4). That faith which
works through love, and which solicits God's help. (Bede Expo.
On 1 John)
a. Through this is proven that the love of God is in us, if we
keep his commandments, by loving the sons of God. I say at the
same time that we should love God, and perform his commandments,
because otherwise there is no love. He that does not love the
king's law, does not love the king. Out of love for the King his
law ought to be fulfilled. b. Which ought to be kept willingly,
because his commandments are not heavy.
5:4 Because all that is born of God, overcomes the world, aand
this is the victory bwhich overcomes the world, our faith.
And this is the victory which overcomes the world, our faith.
That faith which works through love, and requires the help of
God.
a. Demonstratively, he shows faith, as if with his finger, as
being firm and permanent.
5:5 aWho is he that overcomes the world, but he that believes
that Jesus is the Son of God?
Who is he that overcomes, etc. He determines the kind of faith
that conquers, that is, faith in Christ. As if: Truly by faith
he conquers the world, because it is not conquered by something
else.
Our faith. Here is the faith that conquers: the one which
believes that he was a true man and a true God. (Bede Expo. On 1
John)
a. Who could have contempt for the world except him who believes
Jesus to be the Christ who was prophesied, and who joins worthy
works to faith?
5:6 aThis is he that came by water and blood Jesus Christ: not
in water only, but in water and blood. And it is the bSpirit
which testifies, that Christ is the truth.
This is he that came by water. And because only faith in and
confession of the divinity of Christ is not sufficient for
salvation and for conquering the world, he adds also about his
humanity.
Spirit. That is the human soul which he let out in the passion,
the water and blood which flowed from his side, which would not
be possible if he did not have the true nature of flesh. But
before the passion too, his sweat that became as drops of blood
(reference to Lk. 22:44): showed the reality of his flesh. And
the fact that as he was already dead, blood and water flowed
vigorously from his side against the law of nature was
testifying that the body of the Lord would live better after
death, and that his death would give us life. As to the fact
that his sweat was flowing onto the ground as blood, it
indicated that he would wash the Church in the whole world with
his blood. (Bede Expo. On 1 John)
a. He who was eternal came for salvation and the remission of
sins through the water of baptism and the blood of the passion;
not only did he deign to be baptized for our washing, and to
consecrate the sacrament of baptism to us, but he also gave his
blood for our redemption. b. And although he suffered as a man,
yet the Spirit was seen above him at his baptism in the
appearance of a dove; or the spirit, that is every spiritual
doctor testifies that Christ is the truth; the true Son of God,
not a spectre; a true mediator and reconciliator, free from sin,
and having sufficient power to take away the sins of the world.
5:7 For there be three which give testimony in heaven, the
Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost, and these three be aone.
For there be three. Through this it is apparent that Jesus is
truth, true God and true man. Because concerning both we have a
sure testimony: concerning his divinity we have testimony
through the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit; concerning his
humanity, through the soul, water, and blood.
The Father gave testimony of his divinity when he said, "This is
my beloved Son" (Matt. 3:17). The Son himself gave testimony
when he was transfigured on the mount, and showed the power of
divinity and the hope of eternal happiness. The Holy Spirit gave
testimony when he rested above Jesus at his baptism in the form
of a dove, or when he filled the hearts of believers for the
calling of the name of Christ.
a. They are testifying about the same thing as one God.
5:8 And there be three which give testimony in earth: the
Spirit, water, and blood, and these three be one.
5:9 *If we receive the testimony of men, the atestimony of God
is greater, because bthis is the ctestimony of God which is
greater, that he has testified dof his Son.
If we receive the testimony of men. Great is the testimony of
the man David which he provides of the Son of God, "The Lord
said to my Lord: Sit at my right hand" (Psalms, 109:1). And he
even represents the Son speaking, "The Lord has said to me: Thou
are my son" (Psalms, 2:7). Great is the testimony of the
forerunner, who said, "I have baptized you with water; but he
shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit" (Mark 1:8). But greater
is the testimony of the Father who visibly sent into him the
Spirit which he was always full of, as if he said, "If you
believe the men foretelling the advent, believe the Father
testifying that Christ has now come". (Bede Expo. On 1 John)
*And because we have such certain testimonies, we ought
therefore to receive them, because we are accustomed to
receiving even the testimonies of men who are able to lie.
a. Which must be better received. b. Through which I
prove. c. Namely because it is the testimony. d. This is my
beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased (Matt. 3:17).
5:10 He that believes in the Son of God, has the testimony of
God in himself. aHeb that believes not the Son, makes him a
cliar: because he believes not in the dtestimony which God has
testified of his Son.
He that believes in the Son of God. He understands that the
Father says the truth in the testimony of the Son. Who doesn't
believe, he says the Father has lied. In vain do the Jews who
despise Christ say that they believe in the Father, because they
despise Christ.
In the Son. Since the Father testifies about the Son, let us
believe in the Son; for he who so believes in the Son that by
doing good works he directs his course to the Son himself, has
the testimony of God in himself. As if he were saying "God
testifies about him too, that, believing in this way, he will be
in the number of the sons of God, As his Son himself thus
promises, "If any man minister to me, him will my Father honor"
(Jn. 12:26). Therefore if you have God as a witness of your
faith, how will the infamy or the persecutions of men harm you?
"If God be for us, who is against us?" (Rom. 8:31) (Bede Expo.
On 1 John)
a. But... b. He who says that he is not his Son, or that he is
less important than the Father. c. In saying, “I and the Father
are one.” A liar in this. d. You are my beloved Son, in you
I am well pleased. I made it clear in the passion, and I will
again make it clear.
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Re: Glossa Ordinaria translation- Epistles of St. John
DIR By: glossa
Date: May 15, 2015, 9:14 pm
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5:11 And this is the testimony, that God has given us life
everlasting. And this life is in his Son.
And this is the testimony. He has testified about the Son, and
also about us his adopted sons, that through his only Son he
would give us too, now in hope, one day in reality, eternal
life.
And this life is in his Son. In faith, and in the confession of
the name, in the receiving of his Sacraments; because no one
comes to the Father if not through him (Jn. 14:6). And there is
no other name whereby we must be saved (Acts, 4:12). And to
avoid to seem not to have said enough that life is in the Son,
he adds that the Son himself is that life. For as the Father has
life in himself, so has he given life to his Son to have it in
himself, who gives his people eternal life. (Bede Expo. On 1
John)
5:12 He that ahas the Son, has life: bhe that has not the Son of
God, has not life.
a.By believing and imitating. b. But...
5:13 aThese things I write to you, that you may bknow cthat you
have eternal life which believe in the name of the Son of God.
a. In these things you must place faith, because… b. So that
you might be assured of your future beatitude. c. So that you
should not be seduced by the deceits of those who deny that
Christ is the Son of God, because you will have life as your
faith deserves.
5:14 And athis is the confidence which we have toward him: that,
whatsoever we shall ask according to his will, bhe hears us.
And this is the confidence. He inculcates in various ways the
same things that he had promised, in order to incite us more
vigorously to pray. (Bede Expo. On 1 John)
According to his will. So that we ask for what he wishes us to,
or so that we come to ask while being such as he wants us to be.
If we want our salvation or that of our neighbors, we are not at
variance with God's will; but if our will moves away from God's
will through ignorance, God's good will corrects our foolish
will, as it happened to the apostle Paul. (Bede Expo. On 1 John)
According to his will. Not according to our fleshly desires,
because what to ask as we should, we do not know, unless he
himself show his will, who understands what is useful for us
better than we ourselves do. If we ask according to his will, we
obtain, as when we ask for a brother for whom there is need to
ask.
a. And not only ought you to hope heavenly goods in the future
out of faith in Christ, but even in this life there is
confidence that we shall obtain when we ask something in a
healthy way. b. He who says, “Seek first the kingdom of God,
and all will be added to you" (Matt. 6:33).
5:15 And we know that he ahears us *whatsoever we *shall ask: we
know that we have the petitions which we request of him.
We know that, etc. Since we know that we have from him the
petitions which we ask, we ask nothing that might be against
him, we ask nothing except that which he has taught us, that
which he has inspired us, and if we err in something, we are
corrected at once.
a. Not only will he hear in future time, but we also know that
he has heard and hears everyday. And through this that we are
heard now, we are certain concerning the future. *According to
his will. *And not only in future time, in giving [to us] the
outcome of asking.
5:16 aHe* that knows his brother to sin a sin not to death, blet
him ask, and clife shall be given him, esinning not fto death.
gThere is a sin to death: hfor *that I say not that any man ask.
He that knows his brother. He is talking of the everyday and
light sins which are healed as easily as they are difficultly
avoided. If you have sinned in word, in thought, by
forgetfulness or by ignorance, confess to a brother, as James
teaches, ask him to intercede for you (Jm. 5). And if he
confesses to you in his turn, intercede for him too. Here the
prayer of the Lord suffices, and mutual confession. It is a
light penitence. Then if the sin is a serious one, bring in the
priests of the church, and chastise yourself after their
examination. (Bede Expo. On 1 John)
There is a sin to death which separates you from God as death
separates the soul from God. There is a sin to death.
The Lord orders to pray for persecutors; here he (John) says
that there are some people for whom you must not pray, because
there are sins in brothers that are more serious than the
persecution of enemies; the sin of a brother is to death when,
after the knowledge of God was given to him through grace of
God, someone attacks the brotherhood, and is agitated by the
firebrands of envy against the grace by which he was reconciled.
It is a sin not to death if someone has not removed his love
from his brother, but through some weakness of the mind has not
fulfilled the duties of brotherhood, whence Christ, "Father,
forgive them, for they know not what they do" (Lk. 23:34), for
they had not yet been made sharers through the grace of the
Spirit and had not yet entered the society of the holy
brotherhood. So did Stephen too pray for those who had not
received God's grace. Paul does not pray for Alexander; because,
as he was already a brother, he was attacking the brotherhood.
For those who had yielded out of fear he does pray. All left me
alone but may it not be laid to their charge (ref. 2 Tim. 4:16).
(Bede Expo. On 1 John)
a. Not criminally, or not unto the end of his life. *Through
confession, or by another way. b. For him. c. Shall be
given by God thanks to your prayer. e. I mean to him. f. Not
criminally. g. But. h. To the death of life. *Because that
which is not corrected in this life, its pardon is hoped in vain
after death; it can also be taken as referring to any criminal
sin. Whatever differs from the measure of equity is numbered
among sins, but the very little sins are not prejudicial to the
just; but some sins are so opposed to all justice that if they
are not corrected they plunge you into punishment.
5:17 All iniquity is sin. And there is a sin to death.
All iniquity is sin. All, as if he were saying, "One must truly
pray for those sinning not to death, because everyone is invaded
by many sins, and no one can be without sin, because all
iniquity is sin. But above others is a sin to death, which is
not committed out of human frailty, and therefore is not purged
by the prayer of the just, because those who do such things will
not possess the kingdom of God. (Bede Expo. On 1 John)
5:18 aWe know that everyone which is born of God, *sins not: but
the bgeneration of God preserves him, and the wicked one touches
him not.
Everyone which is born. He who is born of God does not sin to
death, he who is not born of God does sin. But we are among
those who are born of God. Therefore we shall not sin, we shall
not be touched by the enemy, but lovers of the world are subject
to the wicked enemy. (Bede Expo. On 1 John)
Sins not. David sinned greatly, but because he was born of God,
he belonged to the society of the sons of God: he did not sin to
death, but by repenting he deserved forgiveness. (Bede Expo. On
1 John)
But the generation of God preserves. Those who persevere in the
generation of God cannot sin, nor be touched by the wicked one.
As day and night cannot mix, so justice and iniquity, the wicked
one and the generation of God cannot mix. Therefore the wicked
one touches some, hurting and afflicting them, but not to their
harm. (Bede Expo. On 1 John)
But the generation. Because it is voluntarily and not by nature
that a man of this kind is the son of God, he suitably added
this. (Didymus of Alexandria Expo. 1 John)
a. Who has the seed of God in him, is not able to sin unto
death; for he is not able at the same time to perform
righteousness as well as sin. * Sin unto death. b. The grace
by which are reborn those who, according to His purpose, are
called to be saints (Rom. 8:28) preserves them from committing
sin to death, and if out of human frailty they have committed
fault in any things, it protects them so that they may not be
touched by the wicked enemy.
5:19 We know that we are aof God, and the whole world is set in
wickedness.
The whole world. Not only the lovers of the world, but also
those recently born who do not have the ability to discern
between good and evil, because of the first transgression they
belong to the kingdom of the Devil, unless they are delivered
from darkness by the grace of God.
a. Reborn in baptism.
5:20 And we know that the Son of God acomes: and he has given
bus understanding, that we may cknow the true God, and may dbe
in *his true Son. eThis is the true God, and life everlasting.
And we know that the Son. Without divine knowledge no one is
able to arrive at eternal life. No one is able to know without
the grace of God. Because no one knows the Son except the
Father, nor does anyone know the Father except the Son and him
to whom the Son wants to reveal both the Father and the Son. For
the Son reveals both, who, appearing visibly in the flesh,
disclosed the secrets of the divinity to the world through the
Gospel. (Bede Expo. On 1 John)
a. Through the flesh, only for our salvation. b. Who believe.
c. By believing that he is the true Son of God. d. By loving.
*As members. e. Through him we shall be gods living without
end in God, in him who lives without beginning or end.
5:21 My little children, keep ayourselves from idols. Amen.
Little children keep. And since you are getting to know the true
God and true man, and you wait for eternal life, beware of the
doctrines of heretics, who put upon themselves the look of
holiness, who by crooked doctrines change the glory of the
incorruptible God into the likeness of corruptible things. For
greed is the slavery of idols; those who place the world before
God are idolaters. (Bede Expo. On 1 John)
Keep. Though he has presented to them in many words the
testimony of perfection, it may however be feared that someone
recently converted may have retained vestiges of superstition in
his mind. (Didymus of Alexandria Expo. 1 John)
a. As holy vessels.
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