Chapter 27OrdV.1.27
Timor Dei
A Call to Holy Fear
The fear of God is presented as a preparation for the blessed daughters to look to the living God and not perish.
The fear of God — I prepare you, most blessed daughters, so that you may look to the living God and not perish.
Read the original Latin
Timor Dei, vos felicissimas filis preparo ut inspiciatis in deum vivum et non pereatis.
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