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William Langland - (1332-1386)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Langland
Note: the heavenly witnesses in the English may be added by the editor.
Waymarks in the Mind:
Finding the Kingdom in Langland’s Vulgate Quotations and Bible Contexts (2010)
Gail Leslie Blick
https://orca.cf.ac.uk/54127/1/U516665.pdf
If, however, the reader disregards the editor’s punctuation (in this case Schmidt),
and continues to follow Langland’s waymark to John, and to focus on the poet’s
concentration on ‘faith’ - and not on the Gospel reference - the picture is quite different.
John’s Epistle has this to say on faith and belief:
omnis qui credit quoniam Iesus est Christus ex Deo natus est et omnis qui diligit
eum qui genuit diligit eum qui natus est ex eo in hoc cognoscimus quoniam
diligimus natos Dei cum Deum diligamus et mandata eius faciamus haec est enim
caritas Dei ut mandata eius custodiamus et mandata eius gravia non sunt quoniam
omne quod natum est ex Deo vincit mundum et haec est victoria quae vincit
mundum fides nostra quis est qui vincit mundum nisi qui credit quoniam Iesus est
Filius Dei hie est qui venit per aquam et sanguinem Iesus Christus non in aqua
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solum sed in aqua et sanguine et Spiritus est qui testificatur quoniam Christus est
veritas quia tres sunt qui testimonium dant Spiritus et aqua et sanguis et tres unum
sunt [...] qui credit in Filio Dei habet testimonium Dei in se qui non credit Filio
mendacem facit eum quoniam non credidit in testimonio quod testificatus est
Deus de Filio suo et hoc est testimonium quoniam vitam aetemam dedit nobis
Deus et haec vita in Filio eius est qui habet Filium habet vitam qui non habet
Filium Dei vitam non habet haec scripsi vobis ut sciatis quoniam vitam habetis
aetemam qui creditis in nomine Filii Dei
[Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is bom of God. And every one that
loveth him who begot loveth him also who is bom of him. In this we know that
we love the children of God: when we love God and keep his commandments. For
this is the charity of God: That we keep his commandments. And his
commandments are not heavy. For whatsoever is bom of God overcometh the
world. And this is the victory which overcometh the world: Our faith. Who is he
that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God? This
is he that came by water and blood, Jesus Christ: not by water only but by water
and blood. And it is the Spirit which testifieth that Christ is the truth. And there
are Three who give testimony in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy
Ghost. And these three are one. And there are three that give testimony on earth:
the spirit and the water and the blood. And these three are one. [...] He that
believeth in the Son of God hath the testimony of God in himself. He that
believeth not the Son maketh him a liar: because he believeth not in the testimony
which God hath testified of his Son. And this is the testimony that God hath given
to us eternal life. And this life is in his Son. He that hath the Son hath life. He that
hath not the Son hath not life. These things I write to you that you may know that
you have eternal life: you who believe in the name of the Son of God.] (I Io. 5. 1-
8, 10-13)
Langland has demonstrated how John’s Epistle spells out the doctrine on ‘be lawe of
loue’ that Christ taught (XI. 227).40
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William Langland's "Piers Plowman": The C Version
https://books.google.com/books?id=BRH8_qpVFP8C
Notes and Queries - Langland on Lucifer
http://books.google.com/books?id=ZE4AAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA110
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Langland
Note: the heavenly witnesses in the English may be added by the editor.
Waymarks in the Mind:
Finding the Kingdom in Langland’s Vulgate Quotations and Bible Contexts (2010)
Gail Leslie Blick
https://orca.cf.ac.uk/54127/1/U516665.pdf
If, however, the reader disregards the editor’s punctuation (in this case Schmidt),
and continues to follow Langland’s waymark to John, and to focus on the poet’s
concentration on ‘faith’ - and not on the Gospel reference - the picture is quite different.
John’s Epistle has this to say on faith and belief:
omnis qui credit quoniam Iesus est Christus ex Deo natus est et omnis qui diligit
eum qui genuit diligit eum qui natus est ex eo in hoc cognoscimus quoniam
diligimus natos Dei cum Deum diligamus et mandata eius faciamus haec est enim
caritas Dei ut mandata eius custodiamus et mandata eius gravia non sunt quoniam
omne quod natum est ex Deo vincit mundum et haec est victoria quae vincit
mundum fides nostra quis est qui vincit mundum nisi qui credit quoniam Iesus est
Filius Dei hie est qui venit per aquam et sanguinem Iesus Christus non in aqua
232
solum sed in aqua et sanguine et Spiritus est qui testificatur quoniam Christus est
veritas quia tres sunt qui testimonium dant Spiritus et aqua et sanguis et tres unum
sunt [...] qui credit in Filio Dei habet testimonium Dei in se qui non credit Filio
mendacem facit eum quoniam non credidit in testimonio quod testificatus est
Deus de Filio suo et hoc est testimonium quoniam vitam aetemam dedit nobis
Deus et haec vita in Filio eius est qui habet Filium habet vitam qui non habet
Filium Dei vitam non habet haec scripsi vobis ut sciatis quoniam vitam habetis
aetemam qui creditis in nomine Filii Dei
[Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is bom of God. And every one that
loveth him who begot loveth him also who is bom of him. In this we know that
we love the children of God: when we love God and keep his commandments. For
this is the charity of God: That we keep his commandments. And his
commandments are not heavy. For whatsoever is bom of God overcometh the
world. And this is the victory which overcometh the world: Our faith. Who is he
that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God? This
is he that came by water and blood, Jesus Christ: not by water only but by water
and blood. And it is the Spirit which testifieth that Christ is the truth. And there
are Three who give testimony in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy
Ghost. And these three are one. And there are three that give testimony on earth:
the spirit and the water and the blood. And these three are one. [...] He that
believeth in the Son of God hath the testimony of God in himself. He that
believeth not the Son maketh him a liar: because he believeth not in the testimony
which God hath testified of his Son. And this is the testimony that God hath given
to us eternal life. And this life is in his Son. He that hath the Son hath life. He that
hath not the Son hath not life. These things I write to you that you may know that
you have eternal life: you who believe in the name of the Son of God.] (I Io. 5. 1-
8, 10-13)
Langland has demonstrated how John’s Epistle spells out the doctrine on ‘be lawe of
loue’ that Christ taught (XI. 227).40
=================================
William Langland's "Piers Plowman": The C Version
https://books.google.com/books?id=BRH8_qpVFP8C
Notes and Queries - Langland on Lucifer
http://books.google.com/books?id=ZE4AAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA110
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