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Chapter 266HildE.1.266

R266: Hildegard von Rupertsberg an Domkapitel von St. Martin

Prophetic Setting and Heavenly Altar

Hildegard introduces herself and the Cathars, then in July vision beholds the altar before God, the throne, and the twenty-four elders rousing the glassy sea.

From Hildegard, concerning the Cathars. In the month of July of the present year, which is the one thousand one hundred sixty-third year of the Lord's incarnation. Looking from a distance. I saw, in the shadow of a true vision, the altar that stands before the eyes of God!✦ And I also saw beneath the throne of God.✦ And I saw that the twenty-four elders who sit in a circle around the throne were stirring the glassy sea that lies before the throne!✦ And they spoke. Let us shake the worthless foundations of mockery belonging to those who wish to set up their own injustice in the place of justice.

Call to Confront Injustice and the Ancient Lion

The elders summon the community to shake worthless foundations and burning sparks of injustice, while the ancient lion roars and apocalyptic measures of judgment are declared.

And let us set in motion the burning sparks of injustice belonging to those who claim to rule the people but don't rule! And let us set in motion the pipes of depraved variety in corrupt manners and the gilded strings of deceivers and the schisms born of schisms. For the ancient lion roars! Flying among the previously mentioned burning sparks of injustice to fly. But it won't be this way. Let us call upon the ancient one in whom are all kinds of things being born. And all creatures are numbered. And let us look at the sword that appeared in the mouth of the one speaking. And let's see how many two-pound measures of wheat and barley there are. And let's consider the trumpet that sounds before the first woe. And by the oath of those, and by the power of the one who sits on the throne. Let's bind the neck of the ancient lion. And let's restrain him with a bridle, before the times of times and half a time. And before forty months. Let the sea send forth a woman fleeing into the wilderness. For there are twenty-three years and four months.

Four Winds and Corruption of Human Works

Corrupt works rise like a black beast’s breath, driving the four winds from the four directions, bringing foul customs, blasphemy, vices, and serpentine outward religion.

because from the corrupt works of men, which are blown forth from the mouth of a black beast. The four winds, driven through the four corners of the angles, have been set in motion toward a great downfall. when those same works rose up above them. so that in the east, a cycle of foul customs has been breathed forth. And in the west, blasphemy and forgetfulness of God toward his holy ones — through the fame of the calf and through the worship of idols — have been torturing the holy sacrifice. And in the south, hateful vices. And in the north, the phylacteries of garments, spread wide according to the twisting serpent! which, when all the aforesaid evils came upon them afterward, were defiled.

Martyrs, Miracles, and the Black Horse

After a time note, the ancient serpent’s deception is mentioned, then saints under the altar cry out, their ashes violated, a miracle-working wind arises, and the rider on the black horse sends opposing winds that will not prevail.

But still, it's sixty years and twenty-four months! because the ancient serpent began to deceive the peoples with the phylacteries of garments.1 Now, however, the innumerable saints of God who are under the altar raise their voices.✦2 crying out that the bodily sprinkling of their ashes has been violated through the wickedness of the peoples.3 Whence from the sound of them a wind blows that now works miracles. but the one who sat upon the black horse—✦4 that one sends forth hissings of the opposing wind, wandering as it goes!5 but it will not prevail.

The Dragon’s Roar and God’s Measuring Hand

The ancient dragon roars against the saints, boasts of human-made corruptions, is answered by a hymn-like confession of God’s omnipotence, and the community is told they act in God by a fiery spark, while those who rebel will be brought back toward their first founding.

And again the ancient dragon roars against the saints in wrath, lifting itself up above the wings of the winds!✦ And it says: What is this? That thing. Which they and those like them established! I will destroy it. And they give answer to it. Who has measured the waters in the hollow of a hand!✦ He has measured the heavens by the span of his hand!✦ Who has weighed the bulk of the earth with three fingers!✦ He has weighed the mountains on a balance!✦ And the hills — on the scales!✦ For we are weighed in the balance of God!✦ In him we do all things through a fiery spark that shines toward his face. But you — in your eye you have fire for burning. And from that very fire you will draw out flame, nearly all the way back to the place of your first founding.

Delayed Judgment and the New Song

Though the community will act against God and heaven, judgment is delayed; when God once measured the heavens, a burning mountain will fall on the oppressor’s neck, their strength destroyed, and a new song will be given.

And you'll do this against God, against the heavens, and against all who dwell in heaven. But not yet. When God weighed out the heavens with the span of his hand, then a burning mountain will fall on your neck. And all your strength will be completely destroyed. But from the throne a new song will then be given to us! And eyes that see and gaze upon everything all around will look on. But you, in your most ravenous throat, don't yet have the time for devouring.

Warning Against the Serpent’s Towers and False Light

The prophet rebukes spiritual madness, calls the peoples to hear, warns that the serpent builds towers in their ears like the Sadducees and idolaters, and exposes deceptive spirits that mimic the elements and vanish.

Through the throne of God and through all his vestments, having conspired, stop this madness of yours. But you — peoples and nations! Hear the spirit speaking to you. The ancient serpent builds towers in the midst of your ear. Namely, those who are like the Sadducees. And those who name Baal as god and do not know the true God. So that by the craft of a deceitful spirit, a spark sometimes appears to them. That is, something black or turbulent or bright — and localized — which soon vanishes. And this is both diabolical and deceptive! Because deceptive spirits sometimes make themselves like the four elements and all their forces. Because they overcame the first man. But what is from God —there is wisdom and prophecy. And a hidden manifestation in foreign matters that do not pertain to man! Because God is incomprehensible. But these are the men about whom the devil builds towers in his little ear.

Images of Treacherous Teachers and Deniers of Creation

False teachers are likened to crabs, scorpions, and great birds that abandon their eggs; they deny God’s creation and the Lord’s pre-existent Word becoming man, and are said to be worse than the blind Jews.

They're like a crab that walks forward and backward. And like scorpions who, with their fiery tails, secretly fasten themselves on you. And with the deadliest venom of a treacherous faithlessness, they destroy you. Those whom the devil sometimes assails under the appearance of divine commands. These people seek their own will, for they are the image of God! And this is why he does it. So that, by mocking them, he may deceive them all the more easily afterward. These are also like certain great birds. They scatter their own eggs and throw them away. And they say: Let's cast this away from ourselves. Because it is poisonous. These are the ones who deny the first principles. Namely, that God created all things and commanded them to proceed by germinating and by growing. These are the ones who deny the Lord's principle — namely, that before the antiquity of days He appeared, because the Word of God had to become man.✦6 These are worse for you than the Jews, who now have blind eyes for seeing the fiery form that now shines as man in holy divinity!7

Sulfurous Beast, Fiery Scourge, and Prophetic Contrast

The wicked appear as sulfurous mountains and a grotesque beast opposing God and heaven, while the devil fills them with blasphemy, recalling the ancient serpent’s failed club and his renewed scheming.

Yet after a long time, they will think they see the just one. How long will God strike them with his fiery scourge — the very one they once looked up to? These are also sulfurous mountains, mixed with fire, along with the most wicked beast who will open her mouth against God. And against heaven, and against all who are in heaven! And they are also the entrails of that same grotesque beast, who welcomes and then spews out the worst filth, going before her by embracing the foulness and wickedness of all evils along the path of those who wander — just as the prophets prophesied the Lord in the way of salvation, pointing him out with all the virtues of justice, those whom the finger of God inspired and taught!8 Just as the devil too fills them by steeping them in blasphemy and wickedness and lies — the sum of all evils. For in the ancient serpent, at the beginning of his downfall, the club he thought he had failed him.9 But now he considers it within himself.

Call to the Faithful and Priestly Justice

The beast’s strength will be crushed; the faithful are urged to look to God, hear the voice of the One who was and is, and listen to priests who hold fast to divine justice.

because this most wicked beast may be with its nails — its own. so that when it is with it, it may accomplish its every desire. but in it all its strength will be completely crushed. Now you, people, who have the purest faith — look to God! Listen to the voice of the one who was and who is. And the one who is coming to you, saying: Listen to the words of the priests who hold fast to my justice and keep it.

Expulsion of the Unclean and Warning of Judgment

When faithful voices cry out, the unclean and profane are to be tormented with harsh words and driven into caves, lest the community be anathematized and lose peace.

And these words of mine will sound in the ears of those who will also speak these words in my name to you! And when their voices cry out, cast out from you the aforementioned unclean and profane people. And with harsh and hard words torment them. And lead them entirely to expulsion. And drive them completely out into wretched caverns and caves. Because they want to seduce you! And do this also for this reason: so that you won't be anathematized by God and so that peace won't flee from you!

False Security, Ruin, and Praise of God

Those who shelter false teachers cannot be true leaders before God; cities and estates will be destroyed, while praise is given to God who sits on the throne, holds the heavens, and whose Spirit speaks.

Because you cannot be called teachers and priests, kings and leaders and princes before God. As long as you give them dwellings alongside yourselves. Because your cities and villages will be destroyed. And your estates will be plundered on account of these criminal men. If they remain with you. Now let there be praise to God, who sits upon the throne and beholds the abysses! And who holds all the heavens in his dominion. And the Spirit of God says:

Final Charge to Write and Guard Against Deception

Those who refuse God’s words will be struck down; Hildegard is commanded to write and send the vision to pure-faith priests so the people may guard themselves from devilish schemes, after which she records her ensuing weakness until delivery.

Whoever refuses to hear and take in these words, and refuses to believe them! The sword of God's word will strike that person down with great trouble. And at once in the same vision I heard a rushing voice speaking to me. Write down what you have seen and heard. And send these things quickly to the priests of the church who worship God with the purest faith. so that they may proclaim them everywhere, all around, to the people. so that they may guard themselves from these devilish schemes! Lest they take root among them and perish. But I, in my poor and lowly condition, was then afflicted by weakness for many days and grew faint.10 So much so that I couldn't stand fully on my own feet! until I had commended this writing to them.11

Read the original Latin

Hildegardis de catharis. Mense iulio presentis anni qui est millesimus centesimus sexagesimus tercius dominicę incarnationis. aspiciens a longe. uidi in umbra uerę uisionis sub altare quod est ante oculos dei! et etiam uidi sub tronum dei. Et uidi quod uiginti quatuor seniores qui in circuitu sedis sedent uitreum mare quod in conspectu sedis est mouebant! et dixerunt. Moueamus uanas fundationes irrisionis illorum qui iniusticiam suam pro iusticia ponere uolunt.

et moueamus scintillas ardentis iniusticię illorum qui dicunt se populum regere et non regunt! atque moueamus fistulas uarietatis squalidorum morum et deauratas chordas illusorum et scismata scismatum. Antiquus enim leo rugit! uolens in medio predictarum scintillarum ardentis iniusticię uolare. Sed hoc modo non erit. Aduocemus antiquum in quo omnia genera nascentium. et omnes creaturę dinumeratę sunt. et inspiciamus gladium qui in ore loquentis apparuit.

et uideamus in quo numero bilibres tritici et hordei sint! atque consideremus tubam quę ante primum ue canit. et per iuramentum istorum et per uirtutem illius qui in trono sedet. collum antiqui leonis uinciamus. et freno eum constringamus ne ante tempora temporum et dimidium temporis. et ante quadraginta menses. mare post mulierem in desertum fugientem emittat. Nam uiginti et tres anni ac quatuor menses sunt.

quod a peruersis operibus hominum quę ab ore nigrę bestię efflantur. quatuor uenti per quatuor angulos angulorum in magnam ruinam moti sunt. cum eadem opera supra eos ascendebant. ita quod in oriente uicissitudo squalidorum morum efflata est. et in occidente blasphemia et obliuio dei in sanctos eius per famam uituli et per culturam idolorum sanctum sacrificium crutiando. et in austro odiosorum uiciorum. atque in septentrione philacteria uestimentorum secundum tortuosum serpentem dilatata! quę cum omnibus predictis malis postea superuenientibus contaminata sunt.

Sed tamen sexaginta anni sunt atque uiginti et quatuor menses! quod antiquus serpens cum philacterijs uestimentorum populos deludere cepit. Nunc autem innumerabiles sancti dei qui sub altare sunt uoces suas eleuant. clamantes quod aspersio corporalis cineris eorum per iniquitatem populorum uiolata sit. Vnde de sono ipsorum uentus flat qui miracula nunc facit. sed qui supra nigrum equum sedit. sibilos contrarij uenti illa errando emittit! sed non preualebit.

Et iterum antiquus draco contra sanctos in iracundia rugit supra pennas uentorum se eleuando! et dicit. Quid est hoc? Illud. quod isti et similes eorum constituerunt! ego destruam. Et responsum illi dant. Quis mensus est pugillo aquas!

et celos palmo ponderauit? Quis appendit tribus digitis molem terrę! et librauit in pondere montes! et colles in statera? Nam nos in statera dei mensi sumus! in quo omnia facimus per igneam scintillam quę ad faciem eius lucet. Tu autem in oculo tuo ignem ad urendum habes. et ex ipso flammam educes fere usque ad locum primę constitutionis tuę.

et hoc contra deum et contra celos et contra omnes qui in celo habitant facies. Sed non adhuc. Cum uero deus celos palmo ponderauit. tunc ardens mons super collum tuum cadet. atque omnis fortitudo tua omnino destruetur. Sed de trono canticum nouum nobis tunc dabitur! ac oculi qui undique omnia uidendo et intuendo aspicient. Tu uero in uoracissimo gutture tuo tempus uorandi nondum habes.

unde per tronum dei et per omnia indumenta eius coniuratus ab hac insania tua cessa. Uos autem populi et gentes! audite spiritum uobis dicentem. Antiquus serpens per medium uestri in auricula sua turres facit. scilicet cum illis qui saduceis similes sunt. et similes illis qui baal deum nominant et iustum deum non cognoscunt! ita quod arte deceptuosi spiritus eis interdum quasi scintilla apparet. uidelicet aut nigra aut turbida aut lucida et localis quę mox euanescit.

et hoc diabolicum et deceptuosum est! quoniam deceptuosi spiritus quatuor elementis et omnibus uiribus eorum se similes interdum faciunt. quia primum hominem superauerunt. Quod autem a deo est. ibi sapientia et prophetia est. ac occulta ostensio in alienis rebus quę ad hominem non pertinent! quia deus incomprehensibilis est. Isti autem homines de quibus diabolus in auricula sua turres facit.

similes cancro sunt qui ante et retro incedit. et similes scorpionibus qui cum ignitis caudis in occulto uos figunt. ac pessimo ueneno crudelis infidelitatis uos interimunt. quos diabolus uelut quibusdam diuinis preceptis interdum inuadit. quę sua uoluntate querunt quoniam imago dei sunt! et hoc ideo facit. ut eos tanto facilius postmodum illudendo decipiat. Hic etiam similes quibusdam magnis uolucribus sunt!

qui propria oua sua dispergendo abiciunt. Et dicunt. Proiciamus hoc a nobis. quia uenenosum est. Hi sunt qui prima principia negant. scilicet quod deus omnia creauit et ea germinando et crescndo procedere iussit. Hi sunt qui dominicum principium negant scilicet quod ante antiquitatem dierum apparuit quoniam uerbum dei homo fieri debuit. Hi sunt uobis peiores iudeis qui cecos oculos modo habent ad uidendam igneam formam quę in sancta diuinitate nunc homo splendet!

qui tamen post longum tempus estimabunt se uidere iustum. quousque deus illum igneo flagello percusserit in quem considerabant. Hi sunt etiam sulphurei montes igne mixti cum nequissima bestia quę os suum contra deum aperiet. et contra celum et contra omnes qui in celo sunt! et sunt etiam uiscera eiusdem incongruentis bestię quę excipit et exspuit pessimam immundiciam et precedunt eam amplectendo spurciciam ac nequiciam omnium malorum per uiam errantium sicut prophetę dominum prophetauerunt in uia salutis eum ostendentes cum omnibus uirtutibus iusticię quos digitus dei inspirauit et docuit! sicut et diabolus blasphemia et nequitia et mendacio omnium malorum istos imbuendo replet. Nam antiquo serpenti in inicio ruinę suę clauis quam se habere putauit defecit. sed nunc in semetipso deputat.

quod hęc nequissima bestia clauis eius sit. ita quod cum ea omnem uoluntatem suam perficiat. sed in illa omnis fortitudo ipsius omnino conteretur. Nunc uos populi qui purissimam fidem habetis. deum inspicientes! audite uocem illius qui erat et qui est. et qui uenturus est uobis dicentem. Audite uerba sacerdotum qui iusticiam meam tenent et seruant.

et in quorum auribus hęc uerba mea sonabunt. et qui etiam hęc uerba in nomine meo ad uos dicent! atque cum clamantibus uocibus eorum prefatum immundum et profanum populum a uobis proicite. et cum asperis ac duris uerbis eos cruciate. et eos omnino in expulsionem ducite. atque in infelices cauernas et speluncas eos ex toto effugate. quia uolunt uos seducere! et hoc etiam idcirco facite ne sitis a deo anatematizati et ne pax a uobis fugiat!

quoniam magistri et sacerdotes reges et duces et principes coram deo uocari non potestis. quamdiu istis habitacula uobiscum datis. quia ciuitates et uillę uestrę destruentur. et predia uestra propter hos criminosos homines diripientur. si uobiscum permanserint. Nunc laus deo sit qui super tronum sedet et abyssos intuetur! et qui omnes celos in dominatione sua tenet. Et spiritus dei dicit.

Qui uerba ista audire et intelligere neglexerit. nec eis credere uoluerit! gladius uerbi dei cum magna tribulatione illum occidet. Et mox in eadem uisione audiui torrentem uocem ad me dicentem. Hęc quę uidisti et audisti scribe. et ea sacerdotibus ęcclesię qui purissima fide deum colunt celeriter transmitte. ut illa ubique in circuitu suo populis predicent. ita ut ab his diabolicis artibus se obseruent!

ne inter eos radicem ponant et pereant. Sed ego paupercula forma deinde plurimis diebus in infirmitate oppressa langui. ita quod super pedes meos pleniter stare non potui! quousque hęc scripturę commendassem.

Scripture echoes

  1. ↩Rev.6.9 — And when he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain because of the word of God and because of the testimony they had held.
  2. ↩Rev.4.6 — And before the throne there was a sea of glass, like crystal; and in the middle of the throne, and around the throne, were four living creatures, full of eyes in front and behind.
  3. ↩Rev.4.4 — And around the throne were twenty-four thrones, and upon the thrones twenty-four elders sitting, clothed in white garments, and on their heads golden crowns.
  4. ↩Rev.6.9 — And when he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain because of the word of God and because of the testimony they had held.
  5. ↩Rev.6.5 — And when he opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature saying, 'Come!' And I looked, and behold, a black horse, and the one sitting on it had a balance scale in his hand.
  6. ↩Rev.12.3-Rev.12.17 — Then another sign appeared in heaven: a great red dragon, with seven heads and ten horns, and on its heads seven diadems. Rev.12.4 — And his tail swept away a third of the stars of heaven and threw them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she bore her child he might devour it. Rev.12.5 — She gave birth to a son, a male child, who is to shepherd all the nations with an iron rod. And her child was snatched up to God and to his throne. Rev.12.6 — And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by God, so that she might be nourished there for one thousand two hundred sixty days. Rev.12.7 — And war broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back. Rev.12.8 — And they did not prevail, and no place was found for them any longer in heaven. Rev.12.9 — And the great dragon was thrown down—the ancient serpent, the one called the Devil and Satan, the one who deceives the whole world. He was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him. Rev.12.10 — Then I heard a loud voice in heaven saying, Now have come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of his Christ, for the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down—the one who accuses them before our God day and night. Rev.12.11 — And they conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives even unto death. Rev.12.12 — Therefore rejoice, O heavens and those who dwell in them! But woe to the earth and the sea, for the devil has come down to you with great wrath, knowing that he has only a short time. Rev.12.13 — And when the dragon saw that he had been thrown down to the earth, he pursued the woman who had given birth to the male child. Rev.12.14 — And the two wings of the great eagle were given to the woman, so that she might fly into the wilderness, to her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, away from the presence of the serpent. Rev.12.15 — And the serpent poured water like a river out of his mouth after the woman, so as to sweep her away in the torrent. Rev.12.16 — And the earth came to the aid of the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed the river that the dragon had spewed from his mouth. Rev.12.17 — And the dragon became angry with the woman and went away to make war with the rest of her offspring, those who keep the commandments of God and hold to the testimony of Jesus.
  7. ↩Isa.40.12 — Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and marked off the heavens with a span, and enclosed the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
  8. ↩Isa.40.12 — Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and marked off the heavens with a span, and enclosed the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
  9. ↩Isa.40.12 — Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and marked off the heavens with a span, and enclosed the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
  10. ↩Isa.40.12 — Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and marked off the heavens with a span, and enclosed the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
  11. ↩Isa.40.12 — Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and marked off the heavens with a span, and enclosed the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
  12. ↩Dan.5.27 — TEKEL: You have been weighed on the scales and found wanting.
  13. ↩Dan.7.9 — I kept watching until thrones were set in place, and the Ancient of Days took his seat. His clothing was white as snow, and the hair of his head was like pure wool. His throne was flames of fire, its wheels a burning fire.

Notes

  1. 1 ↩philacterijs: Greek loanword, form uncertain; rendered as 'phylacteries' in keeping with the visionary-prophetic register.
  2. 2 ↩saints under the altar echoes the martyrial vision of Revelation 6:9.
  3. 3 ↩aspersio corporalis cineris: refers to the sprinkling of ashes as a penitential or funerary rite, here said to be profaned.
  4. 4 ↩The black horse echoes Revelation 6:5–6, associated with famine and judgment.
  5. 5 ↩sibilos: form uncertain; rendered as 'hissings' to capture the serpentine, hostile quality. contrarij: form and parsing uncertain, rendered as 'opposing'.
  6. 6 ↩"before the antiquity of days" echoes Daniel 7:9 (Vulgate: ante antiquitate dierum), a Christological proof-text. Candidate allusion pending Moses resolution.
  7. 7 ↩Normalized 'quę' from scribal abbreviation 'qu' in the source. The reading is plausible but the abbreviation is ambiguous.
  8. 8 ↩The phrase 'uiscera...bestię' (entrails of the beast) is figurative: Hildegard uses visceral imagery to describe the inner corruption of the beast's nature. 'Digitus dei' (finger of God) is a traditional biblical expression for divine inspiration (cf. Exodus 31:18, Luke 11:20).
  9. 9 ↩'clauis' (club) is a rare word in this context; the sense is that the serpent's own weapon or strength — what he relied on for his ruin — proved insufficient. Hildegard plays on the irony that the instrument of destruction turned against its wielder.
  10. 10 ↩paupercula forma: the phrase is syntactically ambiguous — forma could be ablative of manner ('in a poor form/condition') or nominative in apposition ('I, a poor and lowly figure'). The ablative-of-manner reading is preferred here, yielding 'in my poor and lowly condition,' but the appositional reading ('I, a poor and lowly figure') remains possible.
  11. 11 ↩The raw text reads 'scripturę' (with ę), a non-standard truncation of scripturam. The normalized text preserves this reading. The translation follows the intended sense 'this writing/letter.'

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