Monologium, on the Being of God73 Chapter LXXIII. No soul is unjustly deprived of the supreme good, and every effort must be directed toward that good.
Chapter LXXIII. No soul is unjustly deprived of the supreme good, and every effort must be directed toward that good.
But, which souls are unhesitatingly to be judged as so loving that for the love of which they were created, that they deserve to enjoy it at some time, and which as so scorning it, that they deserve ever to stand in need of it; or how and on what ground those which it seems impossible to call either loving or scorning are assigned to either eternal blessedness or misery,—of all this I think it certainly most difficult or even impossible for any mortal to reach an understanding through discussion. But that no being is unjustly deprived by the supremely great and supremely good Creator of that good for which it was created, we ought most assuredly to believe. And toward this good every man ought to strive, by loving and desiring it with all his heart, and all his soul, and all his mind.
Quae vero animae incunctanter judicandae sint, sic amantes id, ad quod amandum factae sunt, ut illo quandoque frui; quae autem sic contemnentes, ut illo semper indigere mereantur, aut qualiter, quove merito illae, quae nec amantes nec contemnentes dici posse videntur, ad beatitudinem aeternam miseriamve distribuantur, aliquem mortalium disputando posse comprehendere, procul dubio vel difficillimum vel impossibile existimo. Quod tamen a summe justo summeque bono Creatore rerum nulla eo bono, ad quod facta est, injuste privetur, certissime est tenendum; et ad idem ipsum bonum est omni homini toto corde, tota anima, tota mente amando et desiderando nitendum.