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tōnaͣlis luminis cui ſimilat̉ in viſu corporali lumen ſolisvel cādele: ⁊ ſic pōt āgelus aliū angelū: vel etiā hoīem illumīare ad aliquid cognoſcēdū: nō aūt homo ſic docerepōt: cū in eo lumē ītellectuale debiliſſi me recipiat̉. Quidam tn̄ dicūt ꝙ nullo mō āgelus docet: ſicut lumē p̄bēs:qd̓ expreſſe dictis Dioniſu ꝯtrariari videt̉. Sil̓r etiā ītelligibile duplex eſt: vnuꝫ ad qd̓ ītelligēdū ſufficit ītellectꝰalicuius hominis dūmodo ſibi cōſiderādū ꝓponat̉. vn̄ ⁊ipſe ꝓponēs docere dr̄ quaſi in cognitiōeꝫ ducēs: ſicut inviſu corꝑali mōſtrat reꝫ ꝗ eā corā oculis ponit. ¶ Aliudeſt ad cuius cognitiōeꝫ nō ſufficit ītellectus diſcipuli: niſi ī hoc māuducat̉ ꝑ aliquid ſibi notū. vnde ⁊ qui hoc magis notū ſibi ꝓponit docere eū dicit̉. Huiꝰ ſil̓e eſt in viſucorporali in hoc ꝙ aliꝗs alicui rem a lōge apparētē digito monſtrat: ⁊ his duobus modis homo docere dr̄: ⁊ hecdoctrina eſt nō ꝑ modū illuminatiōis: ſed ꝑ moduꝫ locutōis. ¶ Ad 5ᵐ dd̓m ꝙ quāuis deū oēs videāt: nō tn̄ ip̄mcomprehēdūt. ⁊ ideo nō opꝫ ꝙ oīa oēs in ipſo cognoſcāt:⁊ ꝓpter hoc nō remouet̉ quin vnus angelus qui aliꝗd inv̓bo dei cognoſcit: poſſit quātū ad hoc aliū illumīare angelū: qui hoc in v̓bo dei nō cognoſcit. ¶ Ad 6ᵐ dd̓m: ꝙ ſicut in corporalibus illud qd̓ eſt in actu agit ꝑ hoc qd̓ educit potētiā patiētis in actū: ita etiā cū ītellectus īferiorisāgeli ſit in potētia reſpectu quorūdā poterit ꝑ ſuperioreangelū: qui eſt in ꝑfectiori actu reduci in actu ſil̓em: nō ꝑcreatōeꝫ alicuius noui luminis: nec ꝑ hoc ꝙ idē numerolumē qd̓ eſt in ſuꝑiori recipit̉ ab īferiori: nec opꝫ eſſe aliquod mediuꝫ deferēs virtutē agētis: qꝛ in eis falſo imaginat̉ quis diſtātiā ſitualē. Sed qd̓ eſt in corporibus ſitus:hoc eſt in ſpūalibus ordo ẜm Auguſti. ¶ Ad 7ᵐ dd̓m: ꝙꝑfectio hic dicit̉ illud ad qd̓ terminatur motus illumīationis: nō aūt perfectio glorie vel naͣe. ¶ Ad 8ᵐ dd̓m: ꝙiſte tres actiōes: quādoqꝫ cōiungūtur: ⁊ ideo nō dr̄nt niſiẜm rōnem: qꝛ oīs ꝑfectio in hoc qd̓ ꝑficit illuminat ⁊ purgat: ⁊ oīs illuminas purgat: ſꝫ nō cōuertit̉: vt pꝫ precipuein nr̄a hierarchia ẜm Diony. nō .n. quālibet purgatōeꝫ ſequit̉ lumīs receptio: ſed ꝑfectā. ⁊ ſil̓r nō quālibet illuminationē ſequit̉ ꝑfectio cognitiōis: ſꝫ ꝯſumatā.¶ Utꝝ hierarchia āgelica diuidat̉ ꝯueniēter in tres hierarchias ⁊ nouē ordines.III.ſic ꝓcedit̉: videt̉ ꝙ īconO tertiuN neniēter diuidat̉ angelicahierarchia in tres hierarchias ⁊ in noue ordines. Aut .n. illa diuiſio ē ꝑ diuiſionē totius īte-gralis in ꝑtes vel generis ī ſpēs. pͥmo mō nō d̓iuidit̉ qꝛ diffinitio cōis non ꝯueniret partibus: ſicut diffinitio domus nō ꝯuenit parieti: nec itē ꝑ moduꝫ generis:qꝛ nō oēs ordines equaliter ſe habēt ad participāduꝫ rationē hierarchie. gͦ videt̉ ꝙ nullo mō poſſit eē cōpetensdiuiſio. ¶ Pͣ. quāto aliquid eſt ꝓpinquius vni pͥmo: tātoeſt minoris multiplicatiōis: ſꝫ hierarchia āgelica mediaeſt īter nos ⁊ deū: vt in 4º. capl̓o ce. hierar. dr̄. gͦ cū hoīumli tātū vna hierarchia: vr̄ ꝙ angeloꝝ nō ſint tres hierarchie. ¶ Pͣ. ſuꝑius ⁊ īferius ī angelis nō eſt niſi ẜm diueſam ꝓportiōeꝫ ad receptōeꝫ diuinoꝝ: ſꝫ ordīes ſe habēt:ſicut ſuꝑius ⁊ īferius. gͦ vr̄ ꝙ ſit in eis diuerſa ꝓportio acreceptōeꝫ diuīoꝝ. ⁊ ſil̓r hie rarchie ſe hn̄t ẜm ſuꝑius ⁊ īferiꝰ. gͦ vr̄ ꝙ eadē ſit ratio diſtīguēdi ordīes ⁊ hierarchias.¶ Pͣ. ratio hierarchie cōſiſtit in ordīe poteſtatis: ſꝫ poteſtates decerminātur ꝑ actus: cum gͦ actio hierarchica ſitcriplex: vt dcm̄ eſt: videt̉ ꝙ ſint tātū tres ordīes cel. hierarchie. ¶ Pͣ. eccleſiaſtica hierarchia exēplata eſt a celeſti. ẜꝫ Dio. ſꝫ in eccleſiaſtica hie rarchia ẜm eūdē ſunt tm̄tres ordīes. gͦ vr̄ ꝙ ſil̓r in celeſti. ¶ Pͣ. vnitas ordīs ē vtin lr̄a dr̄ ex hoc ꝙ multi ſpūs conueniūt in vno munere

gr̄e: ſꝫ dona ſpūs ſcī ſunt ſeptē: vt hr̄ Eſaie. xi. gͦ vr̄ ꝙ ſunttm̄ ſeptē ordines angeloꝝ. ¶ Pͣ. vr̄ eē diuerſitas in diſtīctiōe hierarchiaꝝ ẜm Gregoriū ⁊ Dionyſiū: qꝛ Dionyſiꝰponit v̓tutes mediū ordine ſecūde hierarchie: ⁊ pͥneipatꝰpͥmum tertie hierarchie. Gregorius autem econuerſo: etqueritur ratio huius.Reſpondeoᵈᵍᶻ ᵐ ī angelis īuenit̉ triplex diſtinctio. vna eſt hierarchiaꝝ adīuicē. ſecūda ē ordinū in eadē hierarchia. tertia ē ꝑſonaꝝ eiuſdēordīs: ⁊ q̄libꝫ illaꝝ ſumit̉ ẜm diuerſaꝫ ꝓportiōeꝫ ad receptionē diuini lumīs. Diuerſitas .n. hierarchiaꝝ eſt ẜm diuerſum modū recipiēdi dīnas illuminatiōes: diuerſitasv̓o ordinū eſt ẜm diuerſos actus quos diuinū lumen ꝑficit ẜm ꝑfectius ⁊ minus ꝑfectū: diuerſitas v̓o ꝑſonarumvnius ordīs eſt ẜm diuerſaꝫ v̓tutē in executiōe actus minus vel magis efficaci. v̓bi gr̄a. noſtra hierarchia diſtinguit̉ ab āgelica: in hoc ꝙ nr̄a ꝑficit̉ in diuīo lumine velato ꝑ ſimilitudines ſenſibiles tā in ſacramētis qͣꝫ in metaphoris ſcripturaꝝ: ſꝫ āgelica ꝑficit̉ lumīe ſimplici ⁊ abſoluto: ⁊ cū dictus modus ſit cōis oībus que ſunt in noſtrahierarchia: tn̄ eoꝝ ſunt diuerſi actus ẜm quos diuerſi ordines diſtinguunt̉. Alius .n. eſt actus ſacerdotū: ⁊ diaconoꝝ: ⁊ in exercitio cuiuſlibet hoꝝ actuū quidā ſunt alijsmagis idonei: angeli aūt oēs quāuis in hoc modo conueniāt: ſine īquiſitiōis diſcurſu: ⁊ ſine velamine figuraꝝ diuinū lumē recipiūt: tn̄ dr̄nt in hoc: ꝙ ꝗdā eoꝝ recipiūt inmaiori vl̓ tate qͣꝫ alij. vn̄ ſuꝑiores dn̄r hr̄e ſciētiaꝫ magisvl̓em: vt dcm̄ eſt. hoc aūt nō pōt niſi tripliciter variari:aut .n. cognitionē diuinoꝝ effectuū recipiūt in ipſa cauſapͥma vl̓i: ⁊ hic eſt modus ꝓprius pͥme hierarchie que eſtꝓportiōata ad recipiēdū illuminatiōes in ipſo fulgore ⁊diuini luminis: ⁊ ꝑꝑ hoc dn̄r circa deū eſſe vt oēs ordīeseiꝰ denominēt̉ ab oꝑatiōe circa deū. Aut cognoſcūt res īvl̓ibus reꝝ rōnibus: ⁊ hic eſt modus ſcd̓e hierarchie. ⁊ iōāgeloꝝ huiꝰ hierarchie eſt acciꝑe ꝑfectionē cognitiōis ꝑilluminatiōeꝫ pͥme hierarchie: in qua ſunt forme maxīevl̓es: ⁊ ꝑꝑ hoc ordines hꝰ hierarchie nō denoīant̉ ab oꝑibus circa deū: ſꝫ noībꝰ ꝑtinentibus ad poteſtatē operādiin res īquātū forme ꝑ quas cognoſcūt ſūt oꝑatiue ad minus reſpectu effectuū in ꝗbus deo miniſtrāt: ⁊ qꝛ iſte forme ſūt vl̓es nominātur a poteſtate nō limitata vel determinata ad aliquē vel ad aliquos: aut cognoſcūt res in ꝓprijs rōnibus: ⁊ hic eſt modus vltime hierarchie in quoſunt forme ꝑticulares ⁊ ꝓportiōate: vt ab eis recipiāturin ītellectus noſtros: ꝓpter qd̓ dn̄r angeli hierarchie tertie acciꝑe dīnū lumē ſecundū ꝯueniētiam hierarchie noſtre: ⁊ īde eſt ꝙ ordīes tertie hierarchie denominātur abactibꝰ limitatis circa vnū hoīem vel vnā ꝓuinciā. huiusaūt ſimile pōt videri in terrēis pͥncipatibꝰ: qꝛ miniſtrorū qui ſunt ſub vno rege quidā operātur īmediate circaꝑſonā regis quaſi cubicularij ⁊ cōſiliarij ⁊ aſſeſſores: ⁊ hͦcōpetit pͥme hierarchie reſpectu dei. Quidā v̓o hn̄t officia ad regimē regni ī cōmuni nō deputati huic vel illi ꝓuincie: vt dn̄i regalis curie ⁊ prīcipes militie ⁊ iudices curie: ⁊ huiuſmodi ſimiles ſunt āgeli ſcd̓e hierarchie. Quidam v̓o preponūtur ad regimen alicuius partis regni vtp̄poſiti ⁊ baliui ⁊ huiuſmodi officiales minores: ⁊ his ſimiles ſunt ordīes tertie hierarchie: ⁊ ſic pꝫ diffinitio triūhierarchiarum. ¶ Ordinum auteꝫ prime hierarchie ſicpoteſt accipi numerus ⁊ diſtinctio: ẜm tres actus fruitionis quibus anima deo fruitur: quorum vnus eſt comprehēdere vel tenere: quo ꝑficitur memoria: ⁊ ẜm hoc accipitur ordo tronoꝝ: qꝛ in eis ſedet deus: ⁊ quieſcit dū eosin ſe quieſcere facit. Alius actus ē videre quo ꝑficit̉ ītellectiua. ⁊ ſecūduꝫ hoc accipit̉ ordo cherub. n qui īterpre-

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