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The Latin Poems/Book 2 · Musae Responsoriae
Chapter 7HerbL.2.7

Partitio Anti-Tami-Cami-Categoriae (Epigr. IV)

Common Ground in Controversy

The author identifies the three themes of his opponent's work, noting that while they agree on matters of faith and piety, they remain divided on the interpretation of sacred rites.

I see three parts to your Anti-Category, Scot-Briton, so that I might use the material more clearly: one is set against sacred rites; another praises the authors; the third is full of God. Regarding the last two, we both feel the same; I myself praise the holy ones, and I myself worship the Divine. Only the first part suffers its own battles and disputes. It is a good thing that we occupy this uncertain ground!

Read the original Latin

Tres video partes, quo re distinctius utar, Anticategoriae, Scoto-Britanne, tuae: Ritibus una sacris opponitur; altera sanctos Praedicat auctores; tertia plena Deo est. Postremis ambabus idem sentimus uterque; Ipse pios laudo; numen et ipse colo. Non nisi prima suas patiuntur praelia lites. O bene quod dubium possideamus agrum!

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