Contra Mendacium
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Verum quia homines sumus et inter homines uiuimus — fateorque me nondum esse in eorum numero, quos conpensatiua peccata non turbant — saepe me in rebus humanis uincit sensus humanus nec resistere ualeo, cum mihi dicitur: ecce graui morbo periclitatur aegrotus, cuius iam uires ferre non possint, si ei mortuus unicus et carissimus filius nuntietur. a te quaerit an uiuat, quem uitam finisse tu nosti. quid respondebis, quando quidquid aliud dixeris praeter unum de tribus: aut mortuus est aut uiuit aut nescio, nihil aliud credit ille quam mortuum, quod te intellegit timere dicere et nolle mentiri? tantundem ualet, etiamsi omni modo tacueris. ex illis autem tribus duo falsa sunt \'uiuit* et \'nescio'* nec abs te dici possunt nisi mentiendo. illud autem unum uerum, id est mortuum esse, si dixeris et perturbati hominis mors fuerit subsecuta, abs te occisus esse clamabitur. et quis ferat homines exaggerantes quantum sit mali salubre mendacium deuitari et homicidam diligi ueritatem? moueor his oppositis uehementer, sed mirum, si etiam sapienter. cum enim proposuero ante qualescumque oculos cordis mei intellegibilem illius pulchritudinem, de cuius falsi nihil ore procedit, quamuis ubi radians magis magisque clarescit ueritas, ibi palpitans mea reuerberatur infirmitas, tamen sic amore tanti decoris accendor, ut cuncta quae inde [*] 520
me reuocant humana contemnam. sed multum est, ut iste in tantum perseueret affectus, ne in temptatione desit effectus. nec me mouet contemplantem luminosum bonum, in quo mendacii tenebrae nullae sunt, quod nobis mentiri nolentibus et hominibus uero audito morientibus homicida dicitur ueritas. numquid enim, si stuprum expetat inpudica et te non consentiente saeuo. amore perturbata moriatur, homicida erit et castitas? an uero, quia legimus: Christi bonus odor sumus in omni loco, et in his qui salui fiunt et in his qui pereunt, aliis quidem odor uitae in uitam, aliis autem odor mortis in mortem. etiam odorem Christi pronuntiabimus homicidam? sed quia homines sumus et nos in huius modi quaestionibus et contradictionibus plerumque superat aut fatigat sensus humanus, ideo mox et ille subiecit: et ad haec quis idoneus?
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2 |
w |
2009 |
| autem |
3 |
w |
2014 |
| odor |
3 |
w |
2018 |
| mortis |
1 |
w |
2024 |
| in |
34 |
w |
2026 |
| mortem |
1 |
w |
2032 |
| etiam |
3 |
w |
2038 |
| odorem |
1 |
w |
2044 |
| Christi |
2 |
w |
2051 |
| pronuntiabimus |
1 |
w |
2065 |
| homicidam |
2 |
w |
2074 |
| sed |
3 |
w |
2078 |
| quia |
3 |
w |
2082 |
| homines |
4 |
w |
2089 |
| sumus |
3 |
w |
2094 |
| et |
25 |
w |
2096 |
| nos |
3 |
w |
2099 |
| in |
36 |
w |
2101 |
| huius |
1 |
w |
2106 |
| modi |
1 |
w |
2110 |
| quaestionibus |
1 |
w |
2123 |
| et |
26 |
w |
2125 |
| contradictionibus |
1 |
w |
2142 |
| plerumque |
1 |
w |
2151 |
| superat |
1 |
w |
2158 |
| aut |
7 |
w |
2161 |
| fatigat |
1 |
w |
2168 |
| sensus |
2 |
w |
2174 |
| humanus |
2 |
w |
2181 |
| ideo |
1 |
w |
2186 |
| mox |
1 |
w |
2189 |
| et |
27 |
w |
2191 |
| ille |
2 |
w |
2195 |
| subiecit |
1 |
w |
2203 |
| et |
28 |
w |
2206 |
| ad |
3 |
w |
2208 |
| haec |
1 |
w |
2212 |
| quis |
2 |
w |
2216 |
| idoneus |
1 |
w |
2223 |