§7Hoc unitatis sacramentum, hoc uinculum concordiae inseparabiliter cohaerentis ostenditur, quando in euangelio tunica Domini Iesu Christi non diuiditur omnino nec scinditur, sed sortientibus de ueste Christi, quis Christum potius indueret, integra uestis accipitur et incorrupta adque indiuidua tunica possidetur.
This sacrament of unity, this bond of concord inseparably cohering is shown, when in the gospel the tunic of the Lord Jesus Christ is not divided at all nor rent, but by those casting lots for the garment of Christ, who should rather put on Christ, the whole garment is received and an incorrupt and undivided tunic is possessed.
loquitur ac dicit scriptura diuina: de tunica autem, quia de superiore parte non consutilis sed per totum textilis fuerat, dixerunt ad inuicem: non scindamus llam sed sortiamur de ea, cuius sit. unitatem ille portabat de superiore parte uenientem id est de caelo et a patre uenientem quae ab accipiente ac possidente scindi omnino non poterat, sed totam semel et solidam firmitatem inseparabiliter obtinebat.
Divine Scripture speaks and says: "But of the tunic, because it was not sewn from the upper part but was woven throughout, they said to one another: 'Let us not tear it, but let us cast lots for it, whose it shall be.'" It carried unity coming from the upper part, that is, coming from heaven and from the Father, which could not be rent at all by him who received and possessed it, but obtained a whole and solid firmness at once, inseparably.
possidere non potest indumentum Christi qui scindit et diuidit ecclesiam Christi.
He cannot possess the garment of Christ who rends and divides the church of Christ.
contra denique cum Salomone moriente regnum eius et populus scinderetur, Achias propheta Hieroboam regi obuius factus in campo in duodecim scissuras uestimentum suum discidit dicens: sume tibi decem scissuras, quia haec dicit Dominus: ecce scindo regnum de manu Salomonis et dabo tibi decem sceptra, et duo sceptra erunt ei propter seruum meum Dauid et propter Hierusalem ciuitatem quam elegi, ut ponam nomen meum illic. cum duodecim tribus Israel scinderentur, uestimentum suum propheta Achias discidit.
On the other hand, finally, when at the death of Solomon his kingdom and people were rent asunder, the prophet Ahijah, meeting King Jeroboam in the field, tore his garment into twelve pieces, saying: "Take for yourself ten pieces, for thus says the Lord: 'Behold, I will rent the kingdom from the hand of Solomon, and I will give you ten sceptres, and two sceptres shall be his for the sake of my servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen, that I may put my name there.'" When the twelve tribes of Israel were rent asunder, the prophet Ahijah tore his garment.
at uero quia Christi populus non potest scindi, tunica eius per totum textilis et cohaerens diuisa a possidentibus non est: indiuidua, copulata, conexa ostendit populi nostri qui Christum induimus concordiam cohaerentem.
But indeed, because the people of Christ cannot be rent asunder, His tunic, woven throughout and cohering, was not divided by those who possessed it: undivided, joined, connected, it shows the cohering concord of our people who have put on Christ.
sacramento uestis et signo declarauit ecclesiae unitatem.
By the sacrament and sign of the garment, He declared the unity of the church.
§8Quis ergo sic sceleratus et perfidus, quis sic discordiae furore uesanus, ut aut credat scindi posse aut audeat scindere unitatem Dei, uestem Domini, ecclesiam Christi? monet ipse in euangelio suo et docet dicens: et erunt unus grex et unus pastor. et esse posse uno in loco aliquis existimat aut multos pastores aut greges plures? apostolus item Paulus hanc eandem nobis insinuans unitatem obsecrat et hortatur et dicit: obsecro, inquit, uos, fratres, per nomen Domini nostri Iesu Christi, ut id ipsum dicatis omnes et non sint in uobis schismata: sitis autem compositi in eodem sensu et in eadem sententia. et iterum dicit: sustinentes inuicem in dilectione, satis agentes seruare unitatem spiritus in coniunctione pacis. stare tu et uiuere putas posse de ecclesia recedentem, sedes sibi alias et diuersa domicilia condentem? cum dictum sit ad Rhaab, in qua praeformabatur ecclesia: patrem tuum et matrem tuam et fratres tuos et totam domum patris tui colliges ad te ipsam in domum tuam, et erit omnis qui exierit ostium domus tuae foras, reus sibi erit, item sacramentum Paschae nihil aliud in Exodi lege contineat quam ut agnus qui in figura Christi occiditur in domo una edatur.
Who then is so wicked and faithless, who so insane with the madness of discord, as either to believe that the unity of God, the garment of the Lord, the church of Christ can be rent asunder, or to dare to rend it? He Himself warns in His gospel and teaches, saying: "And there shall be one flock and one shepherd." And does anyone think that there can be in one place either many shepherds or several flocks? Likewise, the apostle Paul, instilling this same unity in us, beseeches and exhorts and says: "I beseech you, brethren," he says, "by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing and that there be no schisms among you; but that you be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment." And again he says: "Supporting one another in love, endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace." Do you think that he can stand and live who recedes from the church, founding other seats and different dwellings for himself? When it was said to Rahab, in whom the church was prefigured: "Your father and your mother and your brothers and all the house of your father you shall gather to yourself into your house, and it shall be that everyone who goes out of the door of your house abroad, his blood shall be upon his own head." Likewise, the sacrament of the Passover contains nothing else in the law of Exodus than that the lamb, which is slain in the figure of Christ, should be eaten in one house.
loquitur Deus dicens: in domo una comedetur, non eicietis de domo carnem foras. caro Christi et sanctum Domini eici foras non potest nec alia ulla credentibus praeter unam ecclesiam domus est.
God speaks, saying: "In one house it shall be eaten, you shall not cast the flesh outside the house." The flesh of Christ and the holy thing of the Lord cannot be cast outside, nor is there any other house for believers except the one church.
hanc domum, hoc unanimitatis hospitium designat et denuntiat Spiritus sanctus in psalmis dicens: Deus qui inhabitare facit unanimes in domo. in domo Dei, in ecclesia Christi unanimes habitant, concordes et simplices perseuerant.
This house, this lodging of unanimity, the Holy Spirit designates and denounces in the Psalms, saying: "God who makes those of one mind to dwell in a house." In the house of God, in the church of Christ, those of one mind dwell, they persevere in concord and simplicity.