Commodian — Instructiones 44 (day of judgment)

Commodian · Instructiones · c. 250

Concerning the day of judgment I add for the unbelievers: fire sent again will be ruled by God; the earth then groans at the last end of things, so that then all unbelieving nations are on the earth — and yet it avoids the camp of his saints. In one flame all nature turns; the earth burns from the depths and mountains melt; nothing of the sea remains, conquered by powerful fire; this heaven perishes and this earth is changed.

Latin

44 DE DIE IUDICII. De die iudicii propter incredulos addo: Emissus iterum Dei do<mi>nabitur ignis; Dat gemitum terra rerum tunc in ultima fine In ter<r>a gentes ut tunc incredulae cunctae, Euitat et tamen sanctorum castra suorum. In una flamma conuertit tota natura, Uritur ab imis terra montesque liquescunt, De mare nihil remanet, uincetur ab igne potente, Interit hoc caelum et ista terra mutatur. Conponitur alia nouitas caeli, terrae perennis. Inde qui mereunt mittuntur in morte secunda, Interius autem habitaculis iusti locantur.

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