Trent’s meritorious cause is Christ’s passion—same as our imputation
Trent: meritorious cause is Christ’s cross-passion communicated—else none is just.
That is what Reformed mean by imputing Christ’s righteousness: free remission and adoption by his alone-communicated merit.
Latin
XXXII. Idem vero Concilium, Sess. 6. cap. 7. docet istius justificationis quae juxta ipsum non est sola peccatorum remissio, sed & sanctificatio, & renovatio interioris hominis, per quam homo fit ex injusto justus, & ex inimico amicus, ut sit haeres secundum spem vitae aeternae, causam meritoriam esse Dominum nostrum Jesum Christum, qui sua sanctissima passione in ligno crucis, nobis justificationem meruit, & pro nobis Deo Patri satisfecit; ac neminem posse esse justum, nisi cui merita passionis Domini nostri Jesu Christi communicantur. Quod certe reipsa idem est cum eo quod Theologi nostri significare intendunt; quando dicunt justitiam Christi nobis imputari, & nos per illam coram Deo justificari. Quid enim, ut jam saepius inculcatum, dum sic loquuntur, aliud sibi volunt quam remissionem peccatorum nostrorum, & adoptionem in Dei filios, & regni coelestis haeredes, nullis nostris meritis deberi: sed soli Christi merito & satisfactioni, quae nobis a Deo vere donantur & communicantur?
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.