John XXII, 1316-1334

or below Him, as a servant or slave, and He [was] as a master in giv- ing, and thus we ought not to be in eternal life.

510. (10) We are transformed entirely in God, and we are changed into Him; in a similar manner as in the sacrament the bread is changed into the body of Christ; so I am changed into Him because He Himself makes me to be one with Him, not like (to Him); through the living God it is true that there is no distinction there.

511. (11) Whatever God the Father gave to His only begotten Son in human nature, all this He has given to me; here I except nothing, neither union, nor sanctity, but He has given all to me as to Himself.

512. (12) Whatever Sacred Scripture says about Christ, all this also is verified with respect to every good and divine man.

513. (13) Whatever is proper to divine nature, all this is proper to the just and divine man; because of this that man operates whatever God operates, and together with God he created heaven and earth, and he is the generator of the eternal Word, and God without such a man does not know how to do anything.

514. (14) A good man ought so to conform his will to the divine will that he himself wishes whatever God wishes; because God wishes me to have sinned in some way, I would not wish that I had not committed sins, and this is true repentance.

515. (15) If man had committed a thousand mortal sins, if such a man were rightly disposed, he ought not to wish that he had not committed them.

516. (16) God properly does not prescribe an exterior act.

517. (17) An exterior act is not properly good or divine, neither does God properly operate it or produce it.

518. (18) We bring forth the fruit not of exterior actions which do not make us good, but of interior actions which the Father abiding in us does and operates.

519. (19) God loves souls, not works outside.

520. (20) A good man is the only begotten Son of God.

521. (21) A noble man is that only begotten Son of God whom the Father has begotten from eternity.

522. (22) The Father begot me His son and the same Son. Whatever God does, this is one; because of this He Himself begot me His Son without any distinction.

523. (23) God is one in all ways and according to every reason, so that in Himself He cannot find any multitude in intellect or outside intellect; for he who sees two, or sees a distinction, does not see God, for God is one beyond the above number, neither is He counted one [read: number] with anyone. It follows, therefore, that no distinction can exist or be understood in God Himself.