Monday, July 03, 2023
Marks on the Soul
Lucian, The Downward Journey 24 (tr. A.M. Harmon):
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RHADAMANTHUS. For every wicked deed that each of you has done in his life he bears an invisible mark on his soul.This reminds me of the milk bottle illustration of venial sins from the Baltimore Catechism:
CYNISCUS. Here I am naked, so seek out the marks you mention.
RHADAMANTHUS. The man is altogether free from marks, except for these three or four, very faint and uncertain.
ΡΑΔΑΜΑΝΘΥΣ. ὁπόσα ἄν τις ὑμῶν πονηρὰ ἐργάσηται παρὰ τὸν βίον, καθ' ἕκαστον αὐτῶν ἀφανῆ στίγματα ἐπὶ τῆς ψυχῆς περιφέρει.
ΚΥΝΙΣΚΟΣ. ἰδού σοι γυμνὸς παρέστηκα· ὥστε ἀναζήτει ταῦτα ἅπερ σὺ φὴς τὰ στίγματα.
ΡΑΔΑΜΑΝΘΥΣ. καθαρὸς ὡς ἐπίπαν οὑτοσὶ πλὴν τούτων τριῶν ἢ τεττάρων ἀμαυρῶν πάνυ καὶ ἀσαφῶν στιγμάτων.
