An intermediate source might be the _Manipulus florum_ of
Thomas of Ireland. Under "Iudicium", paragraph ae, the same text
(more or less) appears:
Vere uox magna uox tube terribilis cui omnia obediunt elementa que
petras scindit inferos aperit portas ereas frangit. vincula mortuorum
dirumpit et de profundo abyssi animas liberatas corporibus suis
assignat. hec autem omnia cicius consumat in opere quam sagitta
transit in aere. dicente apostolo. in momento in ictu oculi. i. cor. xv.
This is transcribed from London, BL, Royal 7.C.iii, f.98vb. The
paragraph lacks the MF's usual source reference at the end; perhaps
it was dropped in this copy because the 1 Cor. reference looked
enough like a source that the scribe didn't notice there was more to
copy. The previous two paragraphs, however, are attributed to
Chrysostom: para. ac has the reference "Crisostomus super illud Mt.
xxiiii. _et uirtutes celorum_." (this looks like the source of Villanova's
reference), and para. ad has "Crisostomus ibidem." Perhaps para. ae
also had an "ibidem", or perhaps it came from another source but
came to be attributed to Chrysostom when its original reference was
lost in the manuscript transmission of the Manipulus florum. (I'm
assuming it isn't in the Ps. Chrysostom _Opus Imperfectum_ in the
PG.) The text in the Royal ms has a couple of variants from the text
quoted by Marijim, and in particular it lacks the closing phrase "et ad
iudicium ire compellit"; so this may be a false lead. But maybe the
extra context will give someone the clue that will unlock its origin.
Here's the text of the preceding paragraphs in the MF:
para ac: Exsurgente rege celesti iudicare uiuos et mortuos et uirtutes
angelice mouebuntur. terribiles ministri terribilem dominum
precedentes. Crisostomus super illud Mt. xxiiii. _et uirtutes celorum_.
para ad: Patrefamilias moriente domus turbatur familia plangit et
nigris se uestimentis induit sic humano genere propter quod facta
sunt omnia circa finem constituto celi ministeria lugent et candore
posito tenebris induuntur. Crisostomus ibidem.
Hope this helps!
Peter Binkley
> At 08:41 AM 6/2/99 EDT, Marijim Thoene wrote:
> >Dear Learned Ones, Does anyone know the source of this
> Latin quote
> >attributed to St. Chrysostom (from a 15th c. French ms.
> )??? Vere vox magna,
> >vox tube terribilis cui ominia obedui[n]t elem[en]ta, que
> petras scindit.
> >Inferum aperit portas ereas frangit vincula mortuor[um]
> dissoluit et de
> >perfundo abyssi aias[animas] liberatas corporib[us] suis
> reddit et ad
> >iudiciu[m] ire compellit. Many thanks in advance for any
> information.
> >Marijim Thoene
> >
>
> I had occasion to search for this quote several months ago
> in connection with a sermon by Thomas of Villanova, and
> despite many hours of effort, I could not find it in John
> Chrysostom. For what it's worth, the Villanova sermon
> claims that the quote is from: "Chrysostom on this verse of
> Matthew: The powers of the heavens will be shaken (Mt
> 24:29)." If anyone can track down the source of this
> quote, please post the answer to the list or send it to me
> directly.
>
> Stephen A. Allen
> The Medieval Institute
> University of Notre Dame
> Notre Dame, IN 46556-5692
>
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