Inherent holiness never reaches the summit in this life
In this life inherent holiness never reaches the summit; it must always grow.
Paul near death had not attained; the Apocalypse still urges the just to be justified yet more.
Latin
XXIII. Porro justitia & sanctitas illa, ad quam fideles per Spiritus Sancti gratiam renovantur, quandiu durat hujus vitae tempus, nunquam pervenit ad summum, sed per-petuo opus habet augeri & perfici. Adeoque illi ipsi qui progressus in ea quam maximos fecerunt, ad mortem usque agnoscere debent se nondum perfectos esse; & assidue in id incumbere, ut in Christi gratia magis ac magis proficiant, sanctificationem perficientes in timore Dei. Id exemplo suo docet ipse Paulus, quem sanctitate nullus Apostolorum su-perasse videtur. Jam enim morti proximus, profiteretur se nondum metam apprehen-disse, neque jam perfectum aut consummatum esse. Et postea subjungit, Unum autem ago, ea quidem quae a tergo sunt obliviscens, ad ea vero quae a fronte sunt contendens, scopum versus pergo ad palmam supernae vocationis Dei in Christo Jesu. Phil. 3. 14. Idcirco homines etiam sanctissimos spectat Angeli vox illa ultimo Apocalypseos, Qui justus est justificetur adhuc, & qui sanctus est sanctificetur adhuc.
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.