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Historiarum adversum paganos libri VII (417 - 418) Orosius |
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6 Itaque anno imperii Caesaris quadragesimo octauo adeo dira Romanos fames consecuta est, ut Caesar lanistarum familias omnesque peregrinos, seruorum quoque maximas copias, exceptis medicis et praeceptoribus, trudi urbe praeceperit. ita peccante principe in sanctum Dei et correpto per famem populo quantitatem offensionis qualitas ultionis ostendit. 7 Deinde, ut uerbis Corneli Taciti loquar, sene Augusto Ianus patefactus, dum apud extremos terrarum terminos nouae gentes saepe ex usu et aliquando cum damno quaeruntur, usque ad Vespasiani durauit imperium. hucusque Cornelius. 8 Ceterum et tunc capta euersaque urbe Hierosolymorum, sicut prophetae praenuntiauerunt, extinctisque Iudaeis Titus, qui ad uindicandum Domini Iesu Christi sanguinem iudicio Dei fuerat ordinatus, uictor triumphans cum Vespasiano patre Ianum clausit. 9 Igitur etsi sub extremis Caesaris temporibus apertus est Ianus, tamen per multa ex eo tempora, quamuis in procinctu esset exercitus, nulla bella sonuerunt. 10 Vnde etiam Dominus ipse Iesus Christus in Euangeliis, cum temporibus illis in summa tranquillitate uniuersus mundus ageret cunctasque gentes pax una uelaret et a discipulis suis interrogatus esset de conclusione temporum subsequentium, inter cetera sic ait: 11 audituri autem estis proelia et opiniones proeliorum. Videte ne turbemini; oportet enim haec fieri, sed nondum est finis. consurget enim gens in gentem et regnum in regnum et erunt pestilentiae et fames et terrae motus per loca. Haec autem omnia initia sunt dolorum. Tunc tradent uos in tribulationem et occident uos, et eritis odio omnibus gentibus propter nomen meum. 12 Hoc autem diuina prouidentia docens et credentes praemonendo firmauit et incredulos praedicendo confudit. |
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6. And so in the 48th year of Caesar’s rule such a terrible
famine befell the Romans that Caesar commanded that troupes of gladiators, all foreigners, and great masses of slaves, apart from doctors and
teachers, be expelled from the City. So when the prince sinned in God’s
holy place and the people were beset by famine, the degree of the offence
was made clear by the severity of its punishment.
7. After this, to quote the words of Cornelius Tacitus: When Augustus
was an old man, the gates of Janus were opened and new peoples at the
furthermost ends of the earth were sought out, sometimes with profit and
sometimes with loss. This went on until the reign of Vespasian. Thus Cornelius. 8. However, when at that time the city of Jerusalem had been taken and
destroyed, as the prophets had foretold, and the Jews exterminated, Titus,
who had been ordained by God’s Judgment to avenge the blood of the Lord
Jesus Christ, closed the temple of Janus on celebrating his triumph along
with his father, Vespasian.
9. Therefore, although the temple of Janus was opened in Caesar’s last
years, nevertheless for many years afterwards, though the troops were girt
for battle, no sounds of war were to be heard. 10. It was for this reason
that in the Gospels when the Lord Jesus Christ was asked by His disciples,
at a time when all the world was enjoying the profoundest calm and a single
peace lay over every people, about the end of days which was to come, He
said, among other things: 11. And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of
wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but
the end is not yet. For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against
kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in
divers places. All these are the beginning of sorrows. Then shall they deliver
you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name’s sake. 12. He taught this from His divine foresight, strengthening the faithful by His warning and confounding unbelievers through His
prophecy. |
| Quotation source |
Lib. 7, Cap. 3, 6-12 (Vol III, p. 21-2, trans. Fear, pp. 324-5) |
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4 - 69 |
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