Theological Theses · §1052

Sanctifying Spirit promised only to believers and penitents

The sanctifying Spirit is promised only to believers and penitents—Jn 7; Acts 2:38.

One must hunger and thirst for righteousness before being filled—Matt 5:6.

Latin

XVIII. Spiritus enim ille sanctificans, & animam gratia replens atque exornans, non promittitur in Evangelio nisi credentibus & poenitentibus. Qui credit in me, inquit Christus, flumina de ventre ejus fluent aquae vivae. Hoc autem dicit de Spiritu quem ac-cepturi erant credentes in eum. Joan. 7. 38. Petrus vero Judaeos jam corde compun-ctos alloquens, sic exponit iis quid esset eorum officii, Poenitentiam agite, & baptize-tur unusquisque vestrum in nomine Jesu Christi in remissionem peccatorum, & accipietis donum Spiritus Sancti. Act. 2. 38. Ac priusquam aliquis justitia satietur, requiritur ut illam sitiat & esuriat, juxta Christi pronunciatum, Beati qui esuriunt & sitiunt justitiam, quoniam ipsi saturabuntur. Matth. 5. 6.

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

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.