Constructing Antichrist: Paul, Biblical Commentary, and the Development of Doctrine in the Early Middle Ages

The Vulgate Text of 2 Thessalonians

xii / ACKNOWLEDGMENTS THE VULGATE TE XT OF 2 THESSALONIANS The Second Letter to the Thessalonians Biblia sacra iuxta vulgatam versionem, 4th revised edition, edited by Roger Gryson (Stuttgart: Deutsches Bibelgesellschaft, 1969, 1994). Used by permission Chapter 1 1.mPaulus et Silvanus et Timotheus ecclesiae Thessalonicensium in Deo Patre nostro et Domino Iesu Christo 2.mgratia vobis et pax a Deo Patre nostro et Domino Iesu Christo 3.mgratias agere debemus Deo semper pro vobis fratres ita ut dignum est, quoniam supercrescit fides vestra, et abundat caritas uniuscuiusque omnium vestrum in invicem 4.mita ut et nos ipsi in vobis gloriemur in ecclesiis Dei, pro patientia vestra et fide in omnibus persecutionibus vestris et tribulationibus quas sustinetis 5.min exemplum iusti iudicii Dei, ut digni habeamini regno Dei pro quo et patimini 6.msi tamen iustum est apud Deum retribuere tribulationem his qui vos tribulant 7.met vobis qui tribulamini requiem nobiscum in revelatione Domini Iesu de caelo cum angelis virtutis eius, 8.min flamma ignis dantis vindictam his qui non noverunt Deum et qui non oboediunt evangelio Domini nostri Iesu xii xiii THE VULGATE TE XT OF 2 THESSALONIANS The Second Letter to the Thessalonians Translated from the Latin Vulgate Text by Kevin L. Hughes Chapter 1 1.mPaul, Silvanus, and Timothy, to the Church of the Thessalonians, in God our Father and in the Lord Jesus Christ, 2.mgrace and peace to you from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ. 3.mWe ought to give thanks to God at all times for you, brothers, as is fitting , since your faith grows and the love of all of you for one another abounds, 4.msuch that we ourselves boast in the churches of God about your patience and faith in all your persecutions and all the tribulations you have endured 5.mas an example of the just judgment of God, that you may be worthy of the kingdom of God for which you suffer. 6.mSince it is just with God to return suffering to those who make you suffer 7.mand to return to you who are suffering peace with us at the revelation of the Lord Jesus, coming from heaven with the angels of his power. 8.mHe will bring judgment on those who do not know God and who are not obedient to the gospel of our Lord Jesus. THE VULGATE TEXT OF 2 THESSALONIANS / xiii xiv / THE VULGATE TEXT OF 2 THESSALONIANS 9.mqui poenas dabunt in interitu aeternas a facie Domini et a gloria virtutis eius 10. cum venerit glorificari in sanctis suis, et admirabilis fieri in omnibus qui crediderunt quia creditum est testimonium nostrum super vos in die illo. 11. in quo etiam oramus semper pro vobis, ut dignetur vos vocatione sua Deus, et impleat omnem voluntatem bonitatis et opus fidei in virtute 12. ut clarificetur nomen Domini nostri Iesu Christi in vobis, et vos in illo secundum gratiam Dei nostri et Domini Iesu Christi Chapter 2 1.mRogamus autem vos fratres, per adventum Domini nostri Iesu Christi et nostrae congregationis in ipsum 2.mut non cito moveamini a sensu, neque terreamini neque per spiritum, neque per sermonem, neque per epistulam tamquam per nos, quasi instet dies Domini 3.mne quis vos seducat ullo modo, quoniam nisi venerit discessio primum , et revelatus fuerit homo peccati, filius perditionis 4.mqui adversatur et extollitur supra omne quod dicitur Deus aut quod colitur ita ut in templo Dei sedeat, ostendens se quia sit Deus 5.mnon retinetis quod cum adhuch essem apud vos haec dicebam vobis 6.met nunc quid detineat scitis, ut revelatur in suo tempore 7.mnam mysterium iam operatur iniquitatis, tantum ut qui tenet nunc teneat1 donec de medio fiat 1. Variant text, found in at least six Vulgate MSS (ARKC7M). See note 2 below . THE VULGATE TEXT OF 2 THESSALONIANS / xv 9.mThey will give satisfaction in eternal destruction, away from the face of God and from the glory of his power. 10. When he will have come to be glorified in his saints and to be honored among all those who have believed. Since our testimony to you was believed on that day, 11. for this reason we always pray for you, that God may find you worthy of his calling and complete in power every good resolve and work of faith, 12. that the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ may shine brightly...