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Canons on the Letters of Paul 89–90

Priscillian · Canons on the Letters of Paul · ca. 380–400 · place unknown · 2 passages

Authorship disputed: The ninety canons (short propositions with lists of Pauline passages) were compiled by Priscillian; the surviving text is the revision by the bishop Peregrinus, which may have altered them.

Latin text: Schepss, CSEL 18 (Latin text: G. Schepss (CSEL 18, 1889), digitized by Open Greek and Latin, University of Leipzig (csel-dev), CC BY-SA 4.0).English: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), public domain (CC0).

Chapter 89

89CSEL 18:146–147

Quia praesens mundi huius felicitas non solum ut breuis sed ut nociua et malitiosa spernenda est et quia sapientia eius stultitia sit, in quibus et nos aliquando conuersati, inquit, sumus; nouissimam uero destruendam mortem, cum iusti de his qui nunc eos tribulant uindictam a domino fuerint consecuti. Rom. 92. Cor. I. 18. 43. 70. 88. Cor. II. 38. Gal. 2. Eph. 6. Thess. II. (1.) 2. Hebr. 10. 19.

That the present happiness of this world is to be spurned not only as brief but as harmful and malicious, and that its wisdom is folly—among which things, he says, we too once lived; and that the last enemy, death, is to be destroyed, when the righteous have obtained from the Lord vengeance on those who now afflict them. Rom. 92. 1 Cor. 18. 43. 70. 88. 2 Cor. 38. Gal. 2. Eph. 6. 2 Thess. (1.) 2. Heb. 10. 19.

1 Cor 3:19 (allusion, high confidence) · Eph 2:3 (allusion, high confidence) · 1 Cor 15:26 (allusion, high confidence) · 2 Thess 1:6 (allusion, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: The world's happiness is brief and harmful and its wisdom folly; death will be destroyed and the righteous vindicated.

  • The numbers after each letter are not chapters but the section numbers of the edition's own division of Paul's fourteen letters (Hebrews included), set out in its proem; numbers in parentheses are the edition's.

Notes on the original text

  • Digital text corrected (misread roman numeral II): Cor. n. → Cor. II.; Thess. n. → Thess. II..

Topics: Eschatology

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Translation: Translated by Claude from Schepss's Latin (CSEL 18, 1889); no public-domain English translation exists, so the translation was re-read against the original.

Chapter 90

90CSEL 18:147–149

Quia iusti cum deo patre et Christo regnaturi in aeternum sint, ubi corpus corruptioni ultra subiectum non erit. Rom, (41. 42.) 46. 47. (62.) Cor. I. 89. (93.) 95. 96. 97. 98. (99.) Cor. II. 29. Gal. 30. 34. Eph. 5. 6. 7. Thess. II. 5. Tim. I. 29. Tit. 9. (12.) Hebr. (11.) 12.

That the righteous will reign for ever with God the Father and Christ, where the body will no longer be subject to corruption. Rom. (41. 42.) 46. 47. (62.) 1 Cor. 89. (93.) 95. 96. 97. 98. (99.) 2 Cor. 29. Gal. 30. 34. Eph. 5. 6. 7. 2 Thess. 5. 1 Tim. 29. Titus 9. (12.) Heb. (11.) 12.

1 Cor 15:42 (allusion, high confidence) · 1 Cor 15:53 (allusion, high confidence) · 2 Tim 2:12 (allusion, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: The righteous will reign for ever with God and Christ in incorruptible bodies.

  • The numbers after each letter are not chapters but the section numbers of the edition's own division of Paul's fourteen letters (Hebrews included), set out in its proem; numbers in parentheses are the edition's.

Notes on the original text

  • Digital text corrected (bracket misread): <12.) → (12.).

Topics: Eschatology, Heaven and eternal reward

Cite (SBL): Priscillian, Can. 90 (CSEL 18:147–149; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/priscillian-canones/90). (abbreviation not yet checked)

Permanent link: https://sophiascriptura.com/p/priscillian-canones/90

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Translation: Translated by Claude from Schepss's Latin (CSEL 18, 1889); no public-domain English translation exists, so the translation was re-read against the original.