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I take the reference to be rooted in the gospel passage about Lux mundi. see this example from Ambrose, Expositio in psalmum CXVIII:
8. Denique et Joannes lucerna erat, sicut dixit Dominus de eo: Ille erat lucerna ardens, et illuminans (Joan. V, 35). Bona lucerna, quae lumen accipiebat a Christo; ut lucere posset in hoc saeculo: [Col.1393A] merito ardens, merito illuminans; quia erat nuntius Christi, illuminans praedicatione fidei pectora singulorum. Sed et istis lucernis dedit, ut lux mundi essent, dicens ad apostolos: Vos estis lux mundi (Matth. V, 14). Ergo si gloria sanctorum nunc sicut lucerna, nunc sicut lux mundi fulgebat in hoc saeculo, quid dicimus de Verbo Dei, quod et lucerna est pedibus meis?
9. Et fortasse ubi non sunt tenebrae, non est lucerna Verbum Dei, sed supra lucernam; quia lux est. Tenebrae iis non sunt qui vident lucem. Denique, tunc justi fulgebunt sicut sol in regno patris sui (Matth. XIII, 43). Et fortasse secundum Legem lucerna est Verbum Dei, secundum Evangelium lux magna est. Judaeis lucerna est, et lucerna sub modio. [Col.1393B] Lucet Lex, sed non videtur; quia operta eorum doctrina est et [a 1Kb] cogitatione vitiorum, et caecitate perfidiae: populo autem ex nationibus lux est. Denique, populo qui sedebat in regione umbrae mortis, lux orta est eis (Esai. IX, 2). Aperi igitur fenestras tuas; ut splendor tibi magnae lucis introeat. Paratum fac candelabrum tuum; ut lux tua non operiatur integumento corporis tui, et mensura terrenae hujus fragilitatis: sed supra mensuram corporeae infirmitatis animae tuae virtute praefulgeas. [b 1Kb] Aut si ad mensuram teneris, vide ne super efficiant ipsae mensurae, ne supereffluant: sed bonis seminibus sint contentae. Non sit otiosus sermo tuus, non ferietur et vacet verbum tuum; ne fiat lucerna sub modio. Potens est Deus qui super candelabrum constituat lucernam [Col.1393C] tuam; ut luceat omnibus qui in domo sunt, 1143 ut qui ingrediuntur lumen videant. Candelabrum principale nostrum est. Pone sermonem in principali tuo, et omnibus luceat qui ingrediuntur in Ecclesiam. Accipe et aliud candelabrum. Considera os tuum, considera et sermonem tuum. Nonne os tuum candelabrum est, et verbum tuum lucerna est, cum de ore tuo profertur? Haec lucerna semper tibi luceat, hoc est, verbum tuum luceat, et numquam exstinguatur.
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in Guillaume De Digulleville's Pelerinage de l'ame (second half of the 14th c), some verses say:
Commune est a tous Charité
Si com est exemplefié
De la chandoile alumee
Laquelle, quand ell est portee
Devant .i. pour esclairer li
N'est pas doubte que ceux aussi
Qui li tiennent societé
N'aient partie en la clarté
Et mains n'en a mis cellui
Pour qui fu alumee ainsi (3439-3448)
I try to translate : Charity is for all, as it is shown by the light of the candle : when you bear it in front of someone, of course everyone of the company has his part of the light, though the one for who the candle was lit has not less light. (forgive the roughness of this english)
These word to explain the communion of saints; my question is : is the comparison with the candle an homiletic topos ? Where can be its source ?
Sincerely,
Denis
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