The Enchiridion 113

sant'Agostino d'Ippona (354–430 d.C.) · De fide spe et charitate · PL 40, 230–290

113 The Death of the Wicked Shall Be Eternal in the Same Sense as the Life of the Saints PL 40, 285

This perpetual death of the wicked, then, that is, their alienation from the life of God, shall abide for ever, and shall be common to them all, whatever men, prompted by their human affections, may conjecture as to a variety of punishments, or as to a mitigation or intermission of their woes; just as the eternal life of the saints shall abide for ever, and shall be common to them all, whatever grades of rank and honor there may be among those who shine with an harmonious effulgence.

Mors impiorum, ut vita piorum, perpetua. Manebit ergo sine fine mors illa perpetua damnatorum, id est alienatio a vita Dei, et omnibus erit ipsa communis, quaelibet homines de varietate poenarum, de dolorum relevatione vel intermissione pro suis humanis motibus suspicentur: sicut manebit communiter omnium vita aeterna sanctorum, qualibet honorum distantia concorditer fulgeant.

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).