Chapter 6OrdV.1.6
Virtutes
The Soul's Dwelling in Divine Wisdom
The soul is addressed as a blessed creature established in the profound heights of God's wisdom, abiding in great love.
O happy soul, O sweet creature of God, built into the deep height of God's wisdom, you love much.
Read the original Latin
O felix Anima, et o dulcis creatura dei, que edificata es in profunda altitudine sapientie dei, multum amas.
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