Chapter 16OrdV.1.16
Anima illa
To Use the World Without Injuring It
Anima declares that enjoying God's creation is not an offense, but a rightful use of the world.
God created the world: I'm not doing it an injury, but I want to use it!
Read the original Latin
Deus creavit mundum: non facio illi iniuriam sed volo uti illo!
Ordo Virtutum (Order of the Virtues) companion
Let a different Virtue meet you each morning
Chosen Portion walks you through the whole Ordo Virtutum — and Hildegard's Scivias — as free daily devotionals.
The Ordo was performed scene by scene by Hildegard's nuns, and Chosen Portion restores that rhythm — one scene of the Virtues' drama as each day's devotional.
- The complete 84-scene drama, one short scene per day, in modern readable English
- Each portion pairs the scene with its Scripture echoes — 26 references resolved across the play
- Finish Hildegard, then continue with 70+ other works from Europe's royal devotional archive