Bellarmine: Christ our righteousness by donated satisfaction
Bellarmine: Christ is our righteousness because his satisfaction is donated as ours in justifying us.
Inherent justice is an effect of that satisfaction; imputation language is fine if inherent justice is not denied.
Latin
XXXIV. Quibus consona sunt quae addit ejusdem libri cap. decimo, Resp. ad primum argumentum. Dicitur, inquit, Christus justitia nostra, quoniam satisfecit Patri pro nobis, & eam satisfactionem, ita nobis donat & communicat, quum nos justificat, ut nostra satisfactio & justitia dici possit. Nam etiamsi per justitiam nobis inhaerentem vere justi nominemur & simus, tamen non per eam satisfacimus Deo pro culpa nostra & poena aeterna. Sed est illa justitia inhaerens, cum remissione culpae & sempiternae poenae, effectus satisfactionis Christi, quae nobis in justificatione confertur & applicatur. Et hoc modo non esset absurdum si quis diceret nobis imputari Christi justitiam & merita; cum nobis donentur & applicentur, ac si nos ipsi Deo satisfecissemus: modo non negetur esse in nobis praeterea justitiam inhaerentem, eamque veram & absolutam esse justitiam, cui justo Dei judicio non debeatur poena, sed gloria.
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.