Christus dat sponse verba hic contenta et precipit illa mittere pape Clementi, scilicet quod faceret pacem inter reges Francie et Anglie et quod veniret in Italiam et annunciaret annum iubileum. Reprehendit quoque eum Christus de certis peccatis et negligenciis grauibus et de vita preterita inordinata et comminatur ei cum iusticia, nisi se correxerit.
A Call to Apostolic Duty
Christ commands the Pope to seek peace between warring nations and to proclaim the jubilee in Italy.
The Son speaks to the bride: "Write these words to Pope Clement for me: I have exalted you and raised you above every rank of honor." Rise, therefore, to make peace between the kings of France and England, who are dangerous beasts and traitors to souls. Then come to Italy and preach there the Word, and the year of salvation and of divine love! And look at the streets paved with the blood of my saints, and I will give you that reward which will never end.
The Divine Reckoning
Christ confronts the Pope regarding his past negligence, ambition, and failure to reform the Church.
Look back at those earlier times when you boldly provoked me to anger and I remained silent; times when you did what you wanted and what you shouldn't have, and I, as if not judging, was patient. My time is drawing near, and I will hold you accountable for the negligence and audacity of your time. And just as I raised you through every rank, so you will descend spiritually through other ranks, which you will truly experience in soul and body, unless you obey my words. Your boastful tongue will fall silent, and the name you’ve made for yourself on earth will be forgotten and held in contempt in my sight and in the sight of my saints. I will also demand an account of how unworthily you climbed to every rank—even though it was by my permission—something I, God, know better than your own negligent conscience remembers. I will also ask you how lukewarm you’ve been in working for peace between kings, and how much you’ve turned toward the other side. Furthermore, it won't be forgotten how greed and ambition flourished and grew in the Church during your time, and that you could have reformed and corrected many things, but you, a lover of the flesh, would not.
An Urgent Invitation to Repentance
Christ urges the Pope to act before his final hour, appealing to his conscience to recognize the truth of these words.
Rise up, then, before your final hour arrives, and in this, the eleventh hour, zealously wipe away the negligence of the past. But if you doubt whose spirit these words come from, look at the kingdom and the person who are well-known, in whom such astonishment and wonders have occurred. For the justice and mercy I speak of are drawing near everywhere on earth, and your own conscience tells you that what I advise is reasonable, and that what I urge is an act of love. And if my patience hadn't held you back, you would have already fallen much deeper than those who came before you. So, search the book of your conscience and see if I'm telling the truth!
Read the original Latin
Filius loquitur ad sponsam: "Scribe ex parte mea pape Clementi hec verba: Ego exaltaui te et ascendere te feci super omnes gradus honoris. Surge igitur ad faciendum pacem inter reges Francie et Anglie, qui sunt periculose bestie, animarum proditores.
Veni deinde in Italiam et predica ibi verbum et annum salutis et dileccionis diuine! Et vide plateas stratas sanctorum meorum sanguine, et dabo tibi mercedem illam, que non finietur.
Attende eciam ad tempora priora, in quibus audacter ad iram prouocasti me et silui, in quibus fecisti, que voluisti et non debuisti et ego quasi non iudicans paciens fui.
Quia tempus meum nunc appropinquat et exquiram a te negligenciam et audaciam temporis tui. Et sicut per omnes gradus ascendere te feci, sic descendes spiritualiter per alios gradus, quos experieris veraciter in anima et corpore, nisi obedieris verbis meis.
Et silebit lingua tua magniloqua, et nomen tuum, quod vocasti in terris, in obliuione et obprobrio erit in conspectu meo et sanctorum meorum. Exquiram eciam a te, quam indigne (permissione tamen mea) ad omnes gradus ascendisti, quod melius ego Deus scio, quam tua negligens consciencia recordatur.
Queram quoque a te, quantum in reformacione pacis regum tepuisti et quantum in aliam partem declinasti. Insuper non erit in obliuione, qualiter cupiditas et ambicio in Ecclesia tempore tuo floruit et aucta est, et quod multa reformare et emendare potuisti sed tu, amator carnis, noluisti.
Surge igitur, antequam nouissima hora tua appropinquans veniat, et negligencias priorum temporum penultimo tempore zelando extingue! Si autem dubitas, cuius spiritus verba ista sint, ecce regnum et persona nota sunt, in quibus stupor et mirabilia facta sunt.
Iusticia enim et misericordia, de quibus loquor, appropinquant vbique terrarum, consciencia quoque tua racionabile dicit esse illud, quod moneo, et caritatiuum esse, quod suadeo.
Et nisi paciencia mea seruasset te, iam profundius vltra alios predecessores tuos descendisses. Ergo inquire in libro consciencie tue et vide, si veritatem loquor!"
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