Thursday, November 12, 2026

Berengaudus of Ferrières (840-892) Interpreting Matthew 19:28 as a Promise of The Twelve Playing a Role in Eschatological Judgment

Commenting on Rev 20:13:

 

Now he returns to what he has passed over. For the general resurrection will take place first, and afterwards judgment will be carried out. The Lord makes this clear in the Gospel, saying to his disciples: “At the renewal of all things, when the Son of Man sits on his glorious throne, you also will sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel” (Matt. 19:28). He first mentioned the renewal of all things, that is, the resurrection; then he said that they would sit to judge the peoples. And in this Gospel of John, the Lord says: “The hour is coming when all who are in the tombs will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who have done good will come out to the resurrection of life, while those who have done evil will come out to the resurrection of judgment” (Jn. 5:28-29). At the Lord’s command, therefore, the dead will come out of their tombs, because the bodies of all the dead, brought to life through the reception of their souls, will emerge from their graves. Those who have done evil will come out to the resurrection of judgment, because they will rise for this purpose: to be judged in the very bodies in which their souls sinned, so that those who were partners in their wickedness may share in their torments. The present passage also shows that the resurrection will take place before the judgment, since it says that after the dead have been given up by the sea, death and hell [infernum], the wicked will be judged. The Catholic faith, which we often receive, likewise makes this clear when it says of the Lord: “At whose coming all people must rise with their bodies and give an account of their own deeds” (Athanasian Creed). (Commentary on Revelation by Berengaudus of Ferrières [trans. John Litteral; 2026], 327-28)

 

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