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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture I am working with a passage that I think contains a quotation, and if so, I would like to identify the source. The text is Thomas of Monmouth's Life and Miracles of St. William of Norwich, edited by Augustus Jessopp and M. R. James. In the passage in question, Thomas is trying to defend the authenticity of William's miracles against critics who claim that William is not a saint and the miracles are fakes. He writes: Que nisi nutu diuino fierent, tamdiu nequaquam perseuerassent; quoniam que ex deo non sunt per se citius dispereunt. (p. 61) J&J translate the sentence, thus: "The which [i.e. miracles], if they had not been wrought by divine power, could by no means have continued so long, since those things which are not of God very soon pass away." The latter part of the statement (que ex deo non sunt ....) sounds biblical to me, but I have had no success identifying it. I have tried biblical concordances and the PL data base (but I haven't much expertise in using the latter). I would welcome additional ideas. Thanks for any help you can provide. John John M. McCulloh [log in to unmask] History Department 785-532-0373 Eisenhower Hall Kansas State University Manhattan, KS 66506 ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html