Aeneid
Virgil's epic poem, cited by Jerome for lines repurposed in Virgiliocento as pseudo-Christian texts, and by Lacordaire as an example of the heights of human genius.
Pope Clement VIII, Jerome's Prefaces, On Worship
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II. JEROME TO PAULINUS.
— Jerome quotes Aeneid I.664 as repurposed to depict the Father speaking to the Son
"My son, my strength, my great power alone."
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II. JEROME TO PAULINUS.
— Jerome quotes Aeneid II.650 as repurposed for the crucifixion scene
"Such things he kept recalling, and remained fixed."
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ON THE WORSHIP OF JESUS CHRIST IN THE SCRIPTURES.
— Lacordaire lists "those of Virgil on the misfortunes of Aeneas" as among the greatest works of human genius, still inferior to the psalms and prophecies
"those of Virgil on the misfortunes of Aeneas"
Preface and Praise of Sacred Scripture
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Chapter III: On the Difficulty of Sacred Scripture
— Virgil's Aeneid referenced as the source text for Proba Falconia's Christian cento
"as if someone were to imitate Proba Falconia (who was the Latin Sappho) in adapting Virgil's Aeneid... to Christ"
Commentary on the Pentateuch of Moses
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Canons Bearing a Torch Before the Pentateuch
— Cited (Book 1) for examples of hendiadys
"as in Virgil, Aeneid 1"
Chapter I (The Six Days of Creation)
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Verse 2: And the earth was without form and void
— Quoted (Book VI) on the spirit nourishing and moving the world
"A spirit within nourishes, and a mind infused through every limb Moves the whole mass, and mingles with the great body."
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Verse 14: Let There Be Lights in the Firmament
— Quoted (invocation of the eternal fires)
"You eternal fires, and inviolable divine power,I call to witness."