[1] Col. 3:17. See above p. 25, note 1.
[2] The Tessaradecas consolatoria, printed in the present volume, pp. 109-171.
[3] Sexternlein.
[4] Questions debated in the schools.
[5] Here "the Faith" means the Creed, as a statement of faith.
[6] I.e., In faith.
[7] A quality, state or condition, independent of works.
[8] St. Jacob di Compostella, a place in Spain, where the Apostle James, the son of Zebedee, who was killed in Jerusalem (Acts 12:2), is in Spanish tradition said to have died a martyr's death; since the Ninth Century a noted and much frequented goal of pilgrimages. The name Compostella is a corruption of Giacomo Postolo, that is "James the Apostle."
[9] St. Bridget of Ireland, who died in 523, was considered a second Virgin Mary, the "Mary of the Irish." Perhaps here confused with another Bridget, or Brigita, who died 1373, a Scottish saint, who wrote several prayers, printed for the first time in 1492 and translated into almost all European languages.
[10] I.e., by us men.