LXVn. De poenis purgatoriis hominum concordiam negligeniium.
LXVn. De poenis purgatoriis hominum concordiam negligeniium.
And I saw a great fire, beside which the densest darkness appeared, in which there were horrible worms, and in which many evil spirits were also roaming. And in these punishments, the souls of those were tormented who, while they were in their bodies, neglected the unity of holiness and embraced discord, so that they were compelled to pass from that fire to the aforementioned darkness, and from those same darknesses back to the fire, always driven by wicked spirits. Because they had stirred up every evil through discord, they were burned in the same fire; and because they had inflicted harm on many in this way, they were tormented in these shadows; and because they had cruelty within themselves, they were afflicted by the aforementioned worms; and because through the same vice they had caused many to go astray, they were compelled to pass from fire to darkness and from darkness to fire by malignant spirits.
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Et maximum ignem vidi, juxta quem densissimae tenebrae apparuerunt, in quibus vermes horrendae forraae fuerunt, et in quibus etiam plurimi maligni spiritus discurrebant.
Et in poenis istis animae illorum puniebantur, qui dum in corporibus suis fuissent, concordiam sanctitatis neglexerant, et discordiam sibi associaverant, ita quod de eodem igne ad praedictas tenebras transire, et de eisdem tenebris ad ignem redire, malignis spintibus eas semper impellentibus, cogebantur.
Quia enim omne malum per discordiam suscitaverant, in eodem igne urebantur; et quia multis hoc modo laesionem intulerant, in tenebris istis torquebantur; et quia crudelitatem in se habuerant, a praefatis vermibus affligebantur; et quia per idem vitium plurimos errare fecerant, de igne ad tenebras et de tenebris ad ignem transire per malignos spiritus compellebantur.
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