A citation from the library
Rabanus Maurus, on Sir 44:9
Rabanus Maurus · c. A.D. 780–856
Sir 44:9 · Douay-Rheims
“And there are some, of whom there is no memorial: who are perished, as if they had never been: and are become as if they had never been born, and their children with them.”
On this verse:
“The godless and sinners were not worthy of memory, because if the Scripture says something of them, it does so not to praise them but to blame. In the psalm it is written of them, "The fortresses of the enemy have been pulled down forever, the memory of the city you destroyed has disappeared. Their memory has disappeared with a roar." At the end of the world, in fact, to the devil's joy, those who it has been determined belong to his city will fall, and their memory will perish with a fantastic din when they go to eternal punishment.”
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.