Polish Confession: not justified forensically by inherent justice
Polish Confession: we deny being forensically justified by inherent justice so as to be cleared of death's guilt and declared heirs of life for it.
Broadly one may say infused virtues make us just/holy, yet that justice cannot stand the severe tribunal.
Latin
XLIII. Ne quis autem adversariorum calumniari possit, hanc non esse germanam Reformatorum sententiam, dum negant nos formaliter coram Deo justificari per justi-tiam quae nobis inhaeret, illosque plus detrahere justitiae inhaerenti quam tribuamus, hic inserere visum est, quae paucis hac de re tradit jam citata Confessio Reformatorum ex Polonia, cap. 4. sect. 2. num. 13. Negamus etiam, inquit, per justitiam illam inhaerentem propriam nos ita justificari, ut per, & propter eam coram judicio Dei a reatu mortis absolvamur, in filios adoptemur, & vita aeterna digni pronunciemur, quo sensu forensi vox justificandi a Spiritu Sancto in hac doctrina usurpatur. Etsi enim lato sensu dici possit, nos per charitatem, aliasque virtutes infusas justificari, id est, justos, sanctosque fieri, haec tamen justitia in hac vita imperfecta est, eaque, ut supra dictum, coram severo Dei judicio nequaquam potest consistere; quod solum in hac doctrina maxime spectatur.
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.