The Enchiridion 120

St Augustine of Hippo (AD 354–430) · De fide spe et charitate · PL 40, 230–290

120 Death Cannot Injure Those Who Have Received the Grace of Regeneration PL 40, 288

But before a man can receive the commandment, it is necessary that he should live according to the flesh. But if once he has received the grace of regeneration, death shall not injure him, even if he should forthwith depart from this life; “for to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that He might be Lord both of the dead and the living;” nor shall death retain dominion over him for whom Christ freely died.

Regenerati morientes ante usum rationis non pereunt. Antequam possit autem homo capax esse mandati, secundum carnem vivat necesse est: sed si jam Sacramento regenerationis imbutus est, nihil ei oberit si tunc ex hac vita migraverit. Quia ideo Christus mortuus est et resurrexit, ut et vivorum et mortuorum dominetur ; nec tenebit regnum mortis eum, pro quo mortuus est ille liber in mortuis .

Philip Schaff (ed.), Buffalo/New York: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1886-1889. Public domain: English translation first published 1885-1900 (Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First Series). Latin: Migne, Patrologia Latina (1844-1855), public domain; transcription from Corpus Corporum (University of Zurich).

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