CXXI. De poena inepiae laeiUiae.
CXXI. De poena inepiae laeiUiae.
And I saw a vast swamp, from which a terrible smoke was rising, spreading over the same swamp like a cloud. In that same swamp, a multitude of tiny worms was bubbling up. The souls of those who had given themselves to foolish joy in this world were stripped of their bodies and found themselves in this swamp; they were afflicted by its smoke, oppressed by its mist, and tormented by its worms. Because they had indulged in foolish joy in their bodies while they were in the world, they were submerged in this swamp; and since they had neglected the law of God because of it, they suffered the smoke of it; and because they had loved impiety in it, they were darkened by its mist; and because they had uttered useless words in that same joy, they were tormented by its worms. And I saw, and I understood these things.
Read the original Latin
Et vidi paludem magnae latitudinis, de qua teterrimus fumus egrediebatur, qui se deinde supra eamdem paludem velut nebula expandebat.
In eadem quoque palude multitudo minutorum vermium scaturiebat.
Animae autem corporibus exutae, illorum scilicet qui in saeculo ad ineptam laetitiam se dilataverant, in hac palude erant; ita etiam quod a fumo ejus affligebantur, et quod a nebula ejus opprimebantur, et quod a vermibus illius torquebantur.
Quia enim ineptam laetitiam in corporibus suis, dum in saeculo fuissent, habuerant, in palude ista mergebantur; et quia legem Dei propter illam neglexerant, fumum illius patiebantur; et quoniam impietatem in ea dilexerant, a nebuia ipsius obtenebrantur; et quoniam in eadem laetitia inutilia verba protulerant, a vermibus ejus laedebantur.
Et vidi, et intellexi haec.
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