LII. De vitio oblivionis.
LII. De vitio oblivionis.
For the forgetfulness of God sends the worst thoughts into people's minds and persuades them to say, 'How could we know God, whom we have never seen?' And how could we pay attention to something we’ve never seen? A person who speaks such things does not remember their Creator, because the shadows of unfaithfulness have surrounded their heart. For when a person falls, all of creation is darkened with him. God indeed created man entirely in light, so that he could see the light of the purest ether and know the angelic song, and he clothed him with such brightness that he shone with great splendor. But in doing so, he lost the whole purpose of God, and the elements were changed for the worse along with him; yet they still had some light within themselves, because the sin that man committed, they did not perpetrate through transgression. Therefore, let a person understand God and bring Him into the depths of their heart, knowing that they were created not by anyone other than God, who made every creature, and let them always hold Him in the memory of good knowledge, just as it is written:
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Nam oblivio Dei pessimas cogitationes hominibus immittit, et eis persuadet ut dicant: Quomodo Deum scire possemus, quem nunquam vidimus?
Et quomodo hoc attendere valeremus, quod nunquan intuebamur?
Homo qui talia loquitur, Creatoris sui non meminit, quoniam tenebrae infidelitaitis cor ejus circumdederunt.
Quando enim homo lapsus est, omnis creatura cum eo obnubilata est.
Deus quippe hominem totum lucidum creaverat, ita quod iile lumen purissimi aetheris vidit, et quod carmen angelicum cognovit, ac eum tanta claritate induerat, quod etiam magno splendore lucebat.
Sed hoc totum juseionem Dei transgrediendo perdidit unde et elementa cum eo in pejus commutata sunt; sed tamen aliquid luminis in se habuerunt, quoniam peccatum quod homo fecerat, illa per transgressionem non perpetraverant.
Quapropter homo Deum intelligat, et eum ad intima cordis sui reducat, sciens quod non per alium quam per Deum, qui omnem creaturam procedere fecit, creatus est, ac eum in memoria bonae scientiae semper teneat, quemadmodum scriptum est:
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