Theological Theses · §1219

Roman ‘doubt’ targets application and disposition, not God’s promised benevolence in general

Romans do not distrust God’s general promised mercy; their caution concerns personal disposition and application.

They want firm assent from examined signs of faith and repentance, admitting residual fear—much as many Protestants distinguish direct and reflex certainty.

Latin

XXIX. Itaque Doctores Ecclesiae Romanae non habent dubitationem, sive diffidentiam, de gratia Dei, & ejus erga nos benevolentia, prout in genere consideratur, & verbo Dei proponitur: sed de nostra erga Deum dispositione, & de applicatione ad nos particulariter ejus promissorum. Nec volunt fideles perpetuo fluctuare & haesitare, an sint in Dei gratia; sed volunt eos firmiter assentiri, se esse in gratia, modo seriose seipsos examinent, & in se inveniant signa verae fidei & poenitentiae: etsi interim fateantur aliquam formidinem oppositae partis cum ea persuasione consistere posse, quia de propria dispositione non sumus aeque certi ac de Dei promissis. Quod ipsum, ut jam dictum, etiam a multis Protestantiibus conceditur, qui distinguunt inter certitudinem fidei qua articuli creduntur, & certitudinem illam reflexam qua quis de propria justificatione persuadetur.

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

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