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Pope Damasus I
Epigrams 4
Latin original · 6 verses · some words can be tapped for a gloss
4:1
Ex concilio urbis Romae sub Damaso papa. Dictum est : Prius agendum est de Spiritu septi- formi, qui in Christo requiescit. Spiritus sapientiae : Christus Dei virtus et Dei sapientia. Spiritus intelle- ctus : Intellectum dabo tibi, et instruam te in via, qua ingredieris. Spiritus consilii : et vocabitur nomen ejus magni consilii angelus. Spiritus virtutis, ut supra di- ctum est : Christus Dei virtus et Dei sapientia. Spiritus scientiae, propter eminentiam scientiae Jesu Christi, ut ait Apostolus. Spiritus veritatis : Ego vita, et ve- ritas. Spiritus timoris : Initium sapientiae timor Do- mini. Multiformis autem nominum Christi dispensatio est. Dominus, quia Christus;
From the council of the city of Rome under Pope Damasus. It was said: First we must treat of the sevenfold Spirit who rests upon Christ. The Spirit of wisdom: Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God. The Spirit of understanding: I will give you understanding and will instruct you in the way in which you shall walk. The Spirit of counsel: and his name shall be called the angel of great counsel. The Spirit of might, as was said above: Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God. The Spirit of knowledge, on account of the eminence of the knowledge of Jesus Christ, as the Apostle says. The Spirit of truth: I am the life and the truth. The Spirit of fear: the beginning of wisdom is the fear of the Lord. Manifold, moreover, is the dispensation of the names of Christ. Lord, because he is Christ;
出自教宗達瑪穌治下羅馬城的會議。其中說道：我們首先要論那安息於基督之上、具七重恩賜的聖神。智慧之神：基督是神的能力，神的智慧。聰明之神：我要賜你聰明，並指教你當行的道路。謀略之神：他的名要稱為大謀略的天使。能力之神，如上文所言：基督是神的能力，神的智慧。知識之神，因耶穌基督知識的卓越，正如使徒所說。真理之神：我是生命，又是真理。敬畏之神：智慧的開端是敬畏耶和華。此外，基督名號的安排是多種多樣的。稱為主，因為他是基督；
4:2
Verbum, quia Dei Filius, quia unigenitus ex Patre; homo, quia natus ex Vir- gine; sacerdos, quia se obtulit holocaustum; pastor quia custos; vermis, quia resurrexit; mons, quia fortis; via, quia rectus per ipsum ingressus in vitam; agnus, quia passus; lapis angularis, quia instructio; magister, quia ostensor vitae; sol, quia illuminator; verus, quia a Patre; vita, quia creator; panis, quia caro; Samaritanus, quia custos et misericors; Chri- stus, quia unctus; Jesus, quia salvator; Deus, quia ex Deo; angelus, quia nuntius; sponsus, quia media- tor; vitis, quia sanguine ejus redempti sumus; leo, quia rex; petra, quia firmamentum; flos, quia elec- tus; propheta, quia futura revelat.
the Word, because he is the Son of God, because only-begotten from the Father; man, because born of the Virgin; priest, because he offered himself as a holocaust; shepherd, because guardian; worm, because he rose again; mountain, because strong; way, because through him is the upright entrance into life; lamb, because he suffered; cornerstone, because he is the structure; master, because revealer of life; sun, because illuminator; true, because from the Father; life, because creator; bread, because flesh; Samaritan, because guardian and merciful; Christ, because anointed; Jesus, because saviour; God, because from God; angel, because messenger; bridegroom, because mediator; vine, because by his blood we have been redeemed; lion, because king; rock, because foundation; flower, because chosen; prophet, because he reveals things to come.
稱為道，因為他是神的兒子，因為他是從父而生的獨生子；稱為人，因為他由童貞女所生；稱為司祭，因為他將自己獻為全燔祭；稱為牧者，因為他是看守者；稱為蟲，因為他復活了；稱為山，因為他剛強；稱為道路，因為藉著他有正直地進入生命之路；稱為羔羊，因為他受了苦；稱為房角石，因為他是建造的根基；稱為夫子，因為他是生命的啟示者；稱為太陽，因為他是光照者；稱為真，因為他出於父；稱為生命，因為他是創造者；稱為糧，因為他是肉身；稱為撒瑪利亞人，因為他是看守者且滿有憐憫；稱為基督，因為他受了膏；稱為耶穌，因為他是救主；稱為神，因為他出於神；稱為天使，因為他是報信者；稱為新郎，因為他是中保；稱為葡萄樹，因為我們是藉他的血得贖；稱為獅子，因為他是君王；稱為磐石，因為他是穩固的根基；稱為花，因為他是蒙揀選的；稱為先知，因為他啟示將來的事。
4:3
Spiritus enim sanctus non est Patris tantummodo, aut Filii tantum- modo Spiritus; sed Patris et Filii Spiritus : scriptum est enim : Si quis dilexerit mundum, non est spiritus Patris in illo. Item scriptum est : qui autem spiritum Christi non habet, hic non est ejus. Nominato itaque Patre et Filio, intelligitur Spiritus sanctus : de quo ipse Filius in Evangelio dicit : quia Spiritus sanctus a Patre procedit; et de meo accipiet et annuntiabit vobis b . Ex Baronio ad ann. 382, num. 19.
For the Holy Spirit is not the Spirit of the Father alone, nor of the Son alone, but the Spirit of the Father and of the Son; for it is written: If anyone loves the world, the spirit of the Father is not in him. Again it is written: but whoever does not have the Spirit of Christ, this one is not his. Therefore, when the Father and the Son are named, the Holy Spirit is understood: of whom the Son himself in the Gospel says: that the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father, and he shall receive of mine and shall announce it to you. From Baronius, on the year 382, number 19.
因為聖神不單是父的神，也不單是子的神，乃是父與子的神；因為經上記著說：人若愛世界，父的靈就不在他裡面。經上又記著說：人若沒有基督的靈，就不是屬基督的。所以，當提到父與子時，聖神便包含其中：論到他，子自己在福音書中說：聖神從父出來，他要從我所有的接受，並要向你們宣告。出自巴洛尼烏斯，論主後三八二年，第十九條。
4:4
Post has omnes propheticas, et evangelicas, et apostolicas, quas superius deprompsimus Scripturas, quibus Ecclesia catholica per gratiam Dei fundata est, etiam intimandum putavimus, quod quamvis per orbem catholicae diffusae Ecclesiae, quasi unus thala- mus Christi sit, sancta tamen Romana Ecclesia non- nullis c synodicis constitutis, caeteris Ecclesiis prae- lata est : sed et evangelica voce Domini Salvatoris nostri primatum obtinuit d : Tu es Petrus, et super hanc petram aedificabo Ecclesiam meam, et portae in- feri non praevalebunt adversus eam; et tibi dabo claves regni coelorum; et quaecumque ligaveris super terram, erunt ligata et in coelo :
After all these prophetic, evangelical, and apostolic Scriptures which we have set forth above, on which the catholic Church is founded by the grace of God, we have thought it should also be made known that, although the catholic Church is spread throughout the world as a single bridal chamber of Christ, the holy Roman Church has nevertheless been set before the other Churches by no synodal decrees, but obtained the primacy by the evangelical voice of our Lord and Saviour: You are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my Church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it; and to you I will give the keys of the kingdom of heaven; and whatever you bind upon earth shall be bound also in heaven:
在我們上文所陳述的這一切先知的、福音的、使徒的聖經之後——神藉著恩典在其上建立了大公教會——我們認為還應當宣明：雖然大公教會遍佈全世界、有如基督唯一的洞房，然而神聖的羅馬教會被置於其餘眾教會之上，並非靠某些會議的議決，乃是藉著我們的主救主福音的話語得了首位：你是伯多祿（彼得），我要把我的教會建造在這磐石上，陰間的門不能勝過它；我要把天國的鑰匙給你；凡你在地上所捆綁的，在天上也要被捆綁：
4:5
et quaecumque solveris super terram, erunt soluta et in coelo. Addita e etiam est so- cietas beatissimi Pauli apostoli, vasis electionis, qui nou diverso f , sicuti haeretici garriunt, sed uno tem- pore, uno, eodemque die, gloriosa morte cum Petro in urbe Roma sub Caesare Nerone agonizans, coro- natus est : et pariter supradictam Romanam Eccle- siam Christo Domino consecrarunt, aliisque omnibus g universo mundo sua praesentia, et venerando triumpho praetulerunt. Est ergo h prima Petri apostoli sedes Romana Ecclesia, non habens maculam, noque rugam, neque aliud hujusmodi. Secunda autem sedes apud Alexandriana, beati Petri nomine a Marco ejus discipulo atque evange- lista consecrata est a :
and whatever you loose upon earth shall be loosed also in heaven. There was added too the fellowship of the most blessed apostle Paul, the vessel of election, who not at a different time, as the heretics chatter, but at one and the same time, on one and the very same day, contending in glorious death together with Peter in the city of Rome under Caesar Nero, was crowned; and equally they consecrated the aforesaid Roman Church to Christ the Lord, and by their presence and venerable triumph set it before all the others in the whole world. The Roman Church is therefore the first see of the apostle Peter, having no stain nor wrinkle nor anything of the kind. The second see, however, is at Alexandria, consecrated in the name of the blessed Peter by Mark his disciple and evangelist;
凡你在地上所釋放的，在天上也要被釋放。此外還加上了至蒙福的使徒保羅——那揀選的器皿——的同夥，他並非如異端所喋喋妄言在不同的時間，乃是在同一個時間、在同一日，在羅馬城、於凱撒尼祿治下與伯多祿一同在光榮的死亡中爭戰，得了冠冕；他們同樣將上述的羅馬教會獻給主基督，並以其同在與可敬的凱旋，使它居於全世界其餘一切教會之上。所以羅馬教會是使徒伯多祿的首要座位，沒有玷污、沒有皺紋，也沒有任何這類的東西。然而第二座位在亞歷山大，是以至蒙福之伯多祿的名，由他的門徒兼福音書作者馬可所祝聖的；
4:6
ipseque in AEgyptum directus a Petro apostolo, verbum veritatis praedicavit, et gloriosum consummavit martyrium. Tertia autem sedes est apud Antiochiam b beatis- simi sui apostoli Petri, quae habetur honorabilis, eo quod illam primitus, quam Romam venisset, habita- verit, et illic primum nomen Christianorum novellae gentis exorditum est c . Huc usque etiam Gelasius : Quesnellianus codex aliquod habet praeterea de Hierosolymitana et Ephe- sina sede.
and he himself, sent into Egypt by the apostle Peter, preached the word of truth and accomplished a glorious martyrdom. The third see, moreover, is at Antioch, of his most blessed apostle Peter, which is held honourable for this reason: that he dwelt there first before he had come to Rome, and there for the first time the name of Christians, of the new people, took its beginning. Thus far Gelasius too. The Quesnellian codex has, besides, something concerning the see of Jerusalem and of Ephesus.
他自己被使徒伯多祿差往埃及，傳講真理的道，並成就了光榮的殉道。此外，第三座位在安提阿，屬於他至蒙福的使徒伯多祿，這座位被視為可敬，原因在於：他在來到羅馬之前先住在那裡，又在那裡頭一次興起了「基督徒」這新民族的名稱。革拉修也記述到此為止。奎內爾抄本此外還載有關於耶路撒冷與以弗所座位的若干內容。