What Reformed mean by imputed Christ’s righteousness
Reformed “imputed righteousness” means Christ’s cross-obedience given as truly ours—the sole ground of absolution and adoption.
No inherent works can stand law’s rigor; conscience flees only to Christ’s merit.
Latin
XIX. Huc autem, non alio respiciunt Scholae Reformatae Doctores, quum dicunt Christi justitiam nobis imputari, nosque justificari & justos esse coram Deo per imputatam Christi justitiam, non vero per justitiam ullam quae nobis inhaereat. His enim & similibus formulis nihil aliud significare volunt quam Christi obedientiam usque ad mortem crucis, Deo Patri nostro nomine praestitam, ita nobis a Deo donari ut vere nostra censeatur, eamque esse unicam & solam illam justitiam propter quam & cujus merito & virtute absolvimur a reatu peccatorum nostrorum, & in Dei filios ac vitae aeternae haeredes adoptamur: Nec ullam in nobis esse justitiam, aut ulla bona opera quibus beneficia tanta promereamur; quaeve ferre possint districtum judicii divini examen, si Deus juxta legis suae rigorem nobiscum agere velit. Ac proinde, quum severum Dei tribunal cogitamus, & maledictionem transgressoribus a lege intentatam, juxta terribilem illam clausulam, Maledictus omnis qui non permanserit in omnibus quae scripta sunt in libro legis hujus, ut faciat ea; nihil nos ei posse opponere, nisi Christi meritum & satisfactionem; in qua sola, peccatorum conscientia exterriti, tutum adversus iram divinam perfugium, & animarum nostrarum pacem & solatium invenire possumus.
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.