Expositio super symbolum Apostolorum
Alan of Lille (1120–1202)
A commentary on the Apostles' Creed by Alan.
Prologus I: Incipit Alanus super symbolum Apostolorum.
Caput I: Credo in Deum Patrem omnipotentem, creatorem celi et terre.
Caput II: Et in Ihesum Christum, Filium eius unicum, Dominum nostrum.
Caput III: Qui conceptus est de Spiritu Sancto, natus ex Maria Virgine.
Caput IV: Passus sub Pontio Pylato, crucifixus, mortuus, et sepultus.
Caput V: Descendit ad inferna, tertia die resurrexit a mortuis.
Caput VI: Ascendit ad celos, sedet ad dexteram Dei Patris omnipotentis.
Caput VII: Inde venturus est iudicare vivos et mortuos.
From there he shall come to judge the living and the dead.
This article was devised and composed by Philip. This adverb "from there" is either local or temporal. It is local thus: "from there," that is, from the empyrean heaven, because just as he ascended into heaven borne by clouds, so he will come to judgment. It is temporal thus: "from there," that is, afterward.
Hence in the Nicene Creed it is said, "And he shall come again with glory to judge the living and the dead." It attributes judgment to the Son because in his human nature he will judge not only by authority but also by the pronouncement of the sentence, saying, "Come, you blessed of my Father."1 "The living," that is, those who will then be found alive, and "the dead," that is, those who will then be dead. Or "the living," namely by spiritual life, that is, those to be saved, and "the dead," by spiritual death, that is, those to be condemned.
And this is what is said in the Nicene Creed, "And he shall come again," etc. By this his second coming is suggested. For the first was in humility, the second will be in majesty. The first was so that Christ might be judged by the world; the second will be so that the world may be judged by Christ.