Vasquez elsewhere ranks believing oneself justified as a species of private faith
Vasquez’s anti-Catharinus zeal sits oddly beside his own ‘private faith’ taxonomy.
He lists believing oneself justified among non-catholic faith-species tied to God’s gift.
Latin
XLV. Sed quod mirum est ille ipse Vasquez, qui tam operose refutat Catharinum, certitudinem fidei divinae justis de sua gratia tribuentem, disputatione supra saepius allegata, alibi tamen ex professo docet, & probare contendit fidei nomen & rationem convenire illi persuasioni, qua quis credit se justificatum esse, quam vult esse quandam fidei speciem a Catholica, sive dogmatica distinctam. Nam fidei privatae, quae Catholicae opponitur, & quae non convenit omnibus, sed aliquibus tantum, cujusque objectum toti Ecclesiae ad credendum propositum non est, enumerans varias species, dicit ad eam pertinere fidem, qua aliquis credit se justificatum esse. Postquam enim primam in eo ordine collocavit fidem, qua aliquis credit ea quae sibi peculiariter revelata sunt; secundam vero fidem miraculorum subjungit, Tertia fides est huic similis, nempe, qua quis credit se a Deo consecuturum aliquid quod tamen sibi soli specialiter promissum non est, ut cum quis credit se habiturum auxilium congruum ad justificationem, & perseverantiam, se etiam aeternam salutem adepturum, quia sibi gratia Dei efficax non denegabitur. Hujus etiam generis est fides, qua quis credit se a Deo per orationem obtenturum id quod petit, vel spirituale, vel temporale ad spiritualia pertinens. Addamus etiam fidem qua quis credit se justificatum esse. Haec enim etiam ad donum Dei pertinet, si homo id credat sicut oportet. In 1.2. Tom. 2. Disp. 200. cap. 4.
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)
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