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| ID |
905 |
| Text |
Epistolae (Bonifatius et Lullus) (700 - 754) Boniface Lull |
| Quotation |
Non enim aliquando in memoria nostra obliterari possunt diversarum atque indefessarum
tribulationum angores, quos ut viscera nostra vos ipsi cum Deo dilecto patre nostro beate memoriae
Bonifatio martyre inter persecutores paganos et hereticos atque scismaticos seductores in tam
periculosa ac ferocitate plena peregrinatione pro amore aeternae patriae longo tempore sustinebatis; et
quia illo scilicet per agonem martyrii cum suis plurimis domesticis ad aeternam caelestis patriae
quietem gloriose feliciterque migrante vos, qui superstites talium estis, forsitan eo periculosius ac
difficilius inter diversa temptamenta conversamini, quo tanto patre et doctore ad presens vos orbatos
esse constat.
Et quamvis hinc quaedam maesticiae amaritudo nostra discruciat valide precordia, tamen huiusce
doloris gemitum quaedam saepius ad memoriam rediens nimiae ac nove exultationis hilaritas
iucundat ac mitigat, dum frequentius recolentes ammirabili vel potius ineffabili Dei pietati
tripudiantes gratias agimus, quod tam praeclarum speculatorem caelestis bibliothecae tamque
egregium Christi militem cum multis bene educatis et optime instructis discipulis gens Anglorum
advena Brittania meruit palam omnibus ad spiritales agones et ad multarum per Dei omnipotentis
gratiam salutem animarum de sese procul laudabiliter emittere, ut longe lateque ferocissimas nationes
per devia diutius errantes de lata ac spatiosa voragine perditionis perpetuae ad splendifluas semitas
supernae patriae per sacrae exhortationis incitamenta et per exempla pietatis ac bonitatis ipse ductor
et signifer antecedendo et adversa quaeque opitulante Deo fortiter expugnando feliciter perduceret. |
| Translation |
We can never forget the anguish of varied and continued suffering which you yourself endured for such a long time in company
with our father beloved of God, the martyr Boniface of blessed
memory, in the midst of pagan tormentors, heretical and schismatic
false leaders, in your pilgrimage so filled with cruel dangers, for
love of your eternal home. He with his many intimate companions
has entered with joy and glory through the agony of martyrdom
into the eternal rest of his heavenly fatherland, while you, the
survivor of such men, walk with so much the greater difficulty and
danger in the midst of divers trials now that you are for the
present deprived of so great a father and teacher.
And, although this bitter sorrow tortures our heart, nevertheless
a certain triumphant, exulting joy softens and quiets our grief as
we recall the wondrous—nay, the ineffable—grace of God and
render thanks that the English people were found worthy, foreigners as they are, to send out this gifted student of heavenly learning,
this noble soldier of Christ, with many pupils well taught and
trained, to far-off spiritual conflicts and for the salvation of many
souls through the grace of Almighty God. (Trans. Emerton, p. 184) |
| Summary |
Archbishop Cuthbert of Canterbury writes to Lull on the death of Boniface. |
| Quotation source |
Epist. 111 (p. 239) |
| Temporal Coverage |
754 - 754 |
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