Titus 3: salvation by mercy, not works of righteousness
The salvation we already share is chiefly freedom from sin's slavery and true holiness—yet Titus 3 denies it is from works of righteousness we did.
It is by mercy through washing of regeneration and Spirit renewal.
Latin
XXI. Et certe pars illa salutis, cujus per Dei gratiam in hac vita sumus participes, prae-cipue consistit in liberatione a servitute peccati, & adeptione verae justitiae & sanctitatis: Et tamen Apostolus salutem illam operibus abrogat, cap. tertio epistolae ad Titum. Quum autem, inquit, benignitas & erga homines amor apparuit Salvatoris nostri Dei, non ex operibus justitiae quae fecimus nos, sed secundum suam misericordiam salvos nos fecit, per lavacrum regenerationis, & renovationem Spiritus Sancti, quem effudit in nos abunde per Jesum Christum Servatorem nostrum. Ubi opera justitiae quae ipsi fecimus oppo-nit lavacro regenerationis, & renovationi per Spiritum Sanctum: ac salutem nostram (id est, redemptionem a peccato, sive a servitute & sordibus peccati, cum vera justitia & sanctitate conjunctam) tribui non vult operibus illis, ut causae efficienti, sive merito-riae; sed operationi Spiritus nos renovantis atque regenerantis, ut ita res sint oppositae, ex operibus esse & per Spiritus gratiam fieri.
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.