Caput LXXVI. De regno Dei post judicium.
The Glorious Procession of the Saints
After the Last Judgment, the just are placed among the angelic orders and follow Christ in a glorious procession, receiving the kingdom prepared from the foundation of the world.
Once the godless have been removed so that they do not see the glory of God, and the just have each been placed—according to their own degree and merit—among the angelic orders, that glorious procession will take place, with Christ our head going before and all his members following behind. And the kingdom will be handed over to God the Father, so that he himself may reign in them and they may reign with him, receiving that kingdom which has been prepared for them from the foundation of the world.12
Read the original Latin
Sublatis vero impiis ne videant gloriam Dei, justis quoque singulis secundum gradum suum et meritum angelicis ordinibus insertis, fiet illa gloriosa processio, Christo praecedente capite nostro, omnibus membris suis sequentibus; et tradetur regnum Deo et Patri, ut ipse regnet in ipsis, et ipsi regnent cum eo, illud percipientes regnum, quod paratum est illis ab origine mundi.
Notes
- 1 ↩Cf. Matthew 25:34 — 'the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.' The relative clause quod paratum est illis ab origine mundi echoes this dominical saying.
- 2 ↩Cf. 1 Corinthians 15:24 — 'then comes the end, when he delivers the kingdom to God the Father.' The language of handing over the kingdom is Pauline.
De institutione inclusarum (A Rule of Life for a Recluse) companion
A rule only lives if you keep it daily
Chosen Portion gives your new rule its anchor: one free devotional portion every day.
Aelred built his sister's day around fixed times of prayer and meditation; Chosen Portion supplies the fixed daily portion that makes a modern rule of life keepable.
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