Historiae ecclesiasticae gentis anglorum

발행: 1881년

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MONIM EA IN DECLINED AT IRE 'Siram. 187 cunctis tibi creditis prolaturum quicquid ecclesiae generali

Claruerit per eius praestantiam impertitum.'

Ita iam celebris era fama, ut in quaestionibus enodandis indigeret eo sublimitas Romana, neC uero unquam Gallicanus tumor inuenit in Anglo, quod argueret merito. adeo Latinitas omnis eius fidei et magisterio palmam deditinam et fidei sanae et incuriosae sed dulcis sui eloquentiae, in omnibus explanationibus diuinarum scripturarum magis illa rimatus quibus lector dei dilectionem et proximi in Iohiberet, quam illa quibus uel sales libaret uel linguae

rubiginem climaret emundabat ergo ecclesiastiCus orator prius Conscientiam, ut si accederet ad recludendam mystiCorum scriptorum intellegentiam qui enim fieri potest ut seruiret uitiis qui medullas intimas hauriret, qui totas Is Cogitationes consumeret, in scripturarum expositionibus pnam, ut ipse fatetur in libro tertio super Samuelem, X- positiones suae, si non aliud afferrent lectoribus emolumentum, hoc sibi non mediocriter ualerent, quod, dum haec omni studio agebat, lubricum saeculi et inane Coo- aestationes post tergum ponebat defaecatus itaque uitiis subibat in interiora uelaminis quae intus exCeperat animo,

soras efferens sermone CaStigato.

6a Sepulta est cum eo gestorum omnis pene notitia usque ad nostra tempora. adeo nullus Anglorum studioruma eius aemulus, nullus gloriarum eius sequax fuit, qui omissae monetae lineam persequeretur: pauC quos aequus amauit

Iesus, quamuis litteris non ignobiliter informati, tota uita ingratum Consumpserunt silentium alii uix primis labris illas austantes, nauum conlauerunt illum ita cum 3 Semper pigro Succederet pigrior, multo tempore in tota insula studiorum detepuit seruor magnum ignauiae est, monium dabunt uersus epitaphii, pudendi prorsus et tanti

uiri mausoleo indigni:

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x88 SIMEON O DURUM DESTI PRESBYTER hic Beda requiescit, came sepultus: dona Christe, animam in caelis gaudere Per aeuum, daque illum sophiae debriari sonte, cui iam

suspirauit ouans, intent semper amore

3 63 Poteritne ulla excusatione hic pudor extenuari, ut nec in eo monasterio, ubi illo uiuente totius litteraturae exultabat gymnasium, potuerit inueniri homo qui memoriam eius formaret nisi exili et miserabili stilo p

magnus.... haec autem quae scripta sunt ex dictis beatissimi Bedae excerpsimus iam ratum uidetur ut de eo quid loquamur, reminiscentes memoriam sanctitatis eius et gratias ei reserentes pro suis laboribus.

ΑΝΝΟ autem dominicae incamationis CC m ... illa o ecclesiae catholicae lucerna ad eam quae se illuminauerat lucem, illa uena aquae salientis in uitam aetemnam ad sontem uiuum deum peruenit, sacrorum scilicet librorum compositor uenerabilis presbyter et monachus o Beda, deiunctus anno aetati Suae quinquageSim nono ... qui uidelicet Beda in extremo quidem mundi angulo uiuens latuit, sed post mortem per uniuersas mundi partes omnibus in libris suis uiuens innotuit in quibus terrarum regionumque diuersarum situs naturas qualitates subtiliter, ac si as

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MONIM NEAER OF - I 89 cuncta ipse peragrasset, plerumque describit, cum ab imfantia in monasterio nutritus totam ibidem usque ad euoc tionis suae diem uitam transegerit.

ΝΝΟ eodem uenerabilis Beda semper mente inhabitata caeli conscendit palatia qui regia uirtute Sua et alioriam uitia Compescens, cum regibus ipsis inferior non sit, dignissime regum in ordine quasi rex Ponatur. . .reliquit

autem mundum anno XII aetatis suae, senex annis et 1 Sapientia et plenus dierum non in ano consumptorum, quod apparet in operum suorum numero.

I II dubitationi locus uidetur relictus, quin optimi et sanctissimi uiri ac merito suo, uti uo tur, uenera 13 bilis Bedae simplicitate etiam hic sit abusus, qui hoc illi

PersuaSit . . . quorum nos uirorum Grex Tur an mae Jpietatem et gelum promouendae religionis suspicimus et ueneramur a facilitatem in credendis multis, quae priora saeCula non crediderant, admodum suspectam habere prouo fitemuri

I H prosoundes schola in his age, o Latine, Greeli philosophy, history divinitri mathematiclis, musich, and what not homilies of his making were read in his lik-timeas in the christia churches a dignit Asorde to him lone.

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could heartil Wis that his satin ad been lesse, an his charit more Dira esse inbellevin an reportim so

many prodigious miracles of the Saxons excepi an Willsay that this in him a notis muta uitium ominis, assaeculi. Maris more, I mean to the Bruam, ein nostien to them, an ove partia to his is Country-men; sttoti an flenderi touchin Britis matters onei Iothereos to mine ab sederiau, in more atri to reare and advince his Saxon histor thereupon. Some repor that Bede never ent ut of his celi, but

stit shem etwixtra ZMUs colledge an Munichures, OrS Sepulcrires suret Bede a nolixe to his celi, as thecockle o is Mel seein no observance of his Benedictine orde imposed suci a penance pon him. indeed his oWn o ords, in the en os his book give ome munienanCeriothei conjecture of his voluntar confinement, Speisin os himself, cunctum tempus uuae in eiusdem monauerit flabitatione per ens aut hix expression imporis onein his generali residenc therein that he was no adde abroad, o dis 25 Continue sto his convent, or a long time. though hemio sor ome hori pace mise his abode elsewhere. thus, he of the prophetesserit is aid that Me depaneae notiram rarium eo e underatandrit no so, ascisahe neverWent out thereos; ut stat so the main, he spent the mos 3o of her time therein. He is generali summe vener He, ut Why, authoum differ therein some sano duncemonk, ein to mise

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Aie sunt in fossa Bedae ua.

chasma illi enerabilis others, disclaimin this Conceit, assim his reason: ecause Be s homilies ere as for

be ive to any Whilest alive Solon alloWing one Aa F, 1 and this in authou none, in his degree, ob besorethei death. heresore venerabis as ound ut as an expedient to accommodate the difference, luchil hitting themaa, as a litteraeither o high nor o loW jus even to S gO0 a man, an great a scholar, hilest alive thicisa observabie in ali those ho have ritte the se of Bede; that, herea Such ---sainis, as ad not the tent of his sanctity, nor hundredili partis his leaming, are sal to have Wrouo miracles ad lectoris nauseam notine single miracleis reporte to have been done by Me. hereos underas savour I conceive this the reason monks, Who rote thelives of many of thei fainis, Ene uitile more os them thentheir bare names, and times herein the lived; hichiade them istoriae uacua miraculis sup ere, to plum up thehollownesse is thei histor 'illi improbabie miracles,

sora esling the bowelis of thei books it empt wind indefinit os sufficient soli sood tolli them. Whereas Bed stis inordin plent an variet os reali an effectuali matter, the writer thereos Why should a rita manae a thies,

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TI Was the mos genera scholis of that age. et a so iure egi Wit his axioms, a Muleior of me asprocee to his me apri iras, a masser o his araematicis, an a divine conclude Wit his con reversis and -- menti on scripture, and the shal fin him belle inali, than an Christian wrifer in that age, in an os those

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anae perverse generation he was no gadde abroad credibie author avouChing that he never ent ut of his est;

thoughioth Cambri mand Rome pretenda his habitation.

1 ISTORVM Gregorii, Isidori, Maximi et commentaria

plures eruditi uiri saepius ediderunt, et orbis i litteratus edita comprobauit quidni igitur parilem fauorem Bedae nostrati sperare liceat certe huic neque doctrina pro saeculi sui captu nec eximia doctrinae sama defuit uiuen- 1 tem ecclesia Romana etiam e longinquo uenerata est; et defuncti memoriam sequentia saecula egregiis laudibus hucusque sunt prosecuta operaque illius theologica homines exteri pluribus tomis expressa semel atque iterum

euulgarunt.

et Certe nobis Anglis raudi non erit scripta conterranei nostri celeberrimi in lucem emittere quin potius pudorierit ea tineis blattisque relinquere, quae exteri sedulo conquirunt et e tenebris eripiunt neque enim de gentis nostrae gloria minus, quam alii sumus solliciti nec de a Bedae concivis meritis atque eruditione minus magnifice sentimus scriptor nuperus Casimirus udi nobis in opprobrium uertit, quod omnia Bedae opera e diuersis bibliothe rum nostratium, quibus abdita latent, sorulis eruta nondum uulgauerimus et uir c Iohannes abillonius se

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394 HARTON ILLIER DESTI- commentarium Bedae in epistula d Pauli genuinum qui penes ipsum manet luce donaturum esse dudum spoponditine integra igitur Bedae edendi gloria aliis relinquatur, ista saltem illius commentaria Anglis primum euulgare liceat. In curanda istorum Bedae Derti et Aldhelmi opus sculorum editione me ecclesiae Anglicanae aeque a Causae litterariae litasse profiteor grauissimam enim nobis iniuriam faciunt siue exteri pontificii seu indigenae puritani,

qui sanctissimos ecclesiae Anglosaxonicae patre Summa a nobis ueneratione excipi, maximo honore Coli, uel negant Ioue nolunt ad amoliendam istiusmodi calumniam illorum scripta eo libentius in lucem edimus, ut tam praeclaro testimonio orbi Christiano constet, nos non aliam ab illis fouere religionem; minime aliam, seu doctrinam seu disciplinam spectes, Constituere ecclesiam; neque aliam in 15 caelis ambire sedem. certe in dipuchis suis sacris ecclesia

Anglicana Bedae et Aldhelmi memoriam celebrat, quin et utrique dies sestos consecrauit.

T L rhme dans tous les crit de Bhde nini de Candeur, sto de piUt et de modestie, qui te seront torioursaositer de eo qui aiment te vini et te solide rhόteur et grammai ten, Bbde aurait u sani doutes lire plus pur, plus egant et plus chati dans son style; mais Cherchant instruire plus γ' plaire, it 'est uniquement om h dis leuendre simple et clair; en quoi illa reussi.

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os a Voluptuous indolence, hould meet thy hovering hade, o venerable Bedelthe aint, the scholar, stoma circle reedo tot stupendous, in a hallowe seatos leaming, here thou heard'st the billows beato a Wil Coast, ouo monitor to laedro perpetua industry sublime recluse the reCreant oui that dares to hun the debi

it completion it a received by the public ithuniversat applause succeedin generations presemedit piouti as a memorial of the virtve of thei anceston; et an Alsred the reat translate it into the Anglo-Saxontongue so the instructioni thos in could not ea it in the origines torus it is an invaluabie ork sor Minout it e inould know nothingis the missionaries h brought toour pagan ancestor me lio of the gospei, o the mannem 25 of the clero, o the worship and rites of the infant church. the style is eas an perspicuous and though sar inseriorto that of the great master of antiquiu, may usu claim

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396 LINGARO VAPPENNERG. DESTPhigher presse than an other specimen of the age. t Somereader the credulit of the writer Wit respectri miracies, Will appea a blemisti; ut no ne an doub his candourand Veraci , nor rise sto his pages Without laesing himself

Whicli pervades and animates his narrative.

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ΗΕ reputation o Beda surrive an gre aster his death the Saxons ere proud that thei nationhad produce so eminent a riter the motas of ea Iomouth and Iarro Were harassed ,it, solicitations sorcopies os his orks; and at the distance os, hundredyears the prelates of the Franks, in the counci of Atad Chapelle, numbere hi among the sather of the church, and style him me venerable and admirabie doctor is the 15 improvement os modem times have diminished the valueos his, itings, this circumstance uotis more to detractsrom his merit, than it cloes stomahat of the philosopher of Greece an Rome Beda as a great an sor in age in whicho lived he would have been o ad he live ineto

any other age.

XXV one imparis to the age of the wises hing ldstith Northumberland greater rillianc than BedM,

whose noWledge a profound an almos universat 25is, o a consideratio of hi Woas, it must appea manifestinat that age possesse more means of knowledge, both in manuscript an learne ecclesiastics, than e re oni

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