Sola fide does not deny causes outside us—mercy, merit, word, sacraments
Sola fide does not deny mercy, Christ's merit, word, or sacraments as causes outside us.
On our part, only faith justifies—opposed to works, not to gospel means.
Latin
XXVI. Et primo quidem hic observandum est, quum justificationem soli fidei ascribimus, per id nos non negare, quin justificatio, praeter fidem quae ad eam ex parte nostra requiritur, multas causas extra nos habeat, sive principales, ut Dei misericordiam, & Christi meritum; sive instrumentales, ut Evangelii verbum & Sacramenta. Itaque per istud solum significamus, intra nos, & ex parte nostra, unam fidem esse per quam justificemur. Adeo ut fides hic opponatur solis operibus: nec per hoc aliud intelligi, quam fidem justificare, opera vero minime.
About this text
Louis Le Blanc de Beaulieu - Sedan Theological Theses, newly rendered from the 1675 London Latin. Covers De Theologia through Angelorum & Hominum Sanctorum Cultu Romana I-LXXVII and Pars Secunda (Reformata) I-XL. Not the collected folio.
English follows locked Pitt Latin through Imaginum CLOSED + Sanctorum Cultu Romana CLOSED + Pars Secunda Reformata I-XL. 1675 PDF ~384-390 (book ~370-376); Vision OCR + pdftotext + tess. No modern English. This slice densifies Sanctorum Pars Secunda I-XL. Next: Pars Secunda XLI–fin (~CI). Claim stays claimed (book densify not done).
Catalogue & scope
ESTC R17887; Wing L802. IA bub_gb_eOkHAW4G0-wC (+ EEBO 1675 for gap leaves). Densify through Sanctorum Cultu Romana I-LXXVII + Pars Secunda Reformata I-XL (Pars Secunda not closed; not whole folio).
Witnesses
- Copy-text Locked Latin, De Theologia I-XLIII (Pitt 1675) (Latin)
- Checked print Internet Archive PDF of the 1675 Pitt folio (Latin)
- Checked print pdftotext of De Theologia pages (Latin)
- Checked print Internet Archive DjVu OCR of the 1675 Pitt folio (Latin)
- Copy-text Locked Latin, De Fide I-XXII (Pitt 1675) (Latin)
- Copy-text Locked Latin, De Authoritate Scripturae Pars I I-XLVII + Pars II I-XXXV + Pars III I-VIII (Pitt 1675) (Latin)
- Copy-text Locked Latin, De Scripturae plenitudine densify (Pitt 1675) (Latin)
This is an AI-assisted study translation. Source fidelity and completeness have not been independently certified. Open Latin on each section (or the Latin source witness link) for the source text. This is not a complete critical edition.