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The Latin Poems/Book 2 · Musae Responsoriae
Chapter 30HerbL.2.30

De Mundis et Mundanis (Epigr. XXVII)

The Alchemy of Grace

The transformation of the worldly man into a Christian is likened to the natural creation of calm air from opposing elements.

If the natural philosophers are to be believed, a calm air is born from the conflict of water and fire; in the same way, a good Christian can be forged from the profane worldly man and the pure one.

Read the original Latin

Ex praelio undae ignisque, si physicis fides, Tranquillus aer nascitur: Sic ex profano Cosmico et Catharo potest Christianus extundi bonus.

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