Theological Theses · §1237

Roman doctors still admit true fixed assent that yields peace—and redefine leftover fear

Rome grants fixed, peace-giving assent that one is in grace.

Their leftover ‘fear’ is meta-epistemic: I am not deceived—yet I do not believe deception is impossible.

Latin

XLVII. Et tamen dissidium istud obscurius redditur, si consideremus quae partes dissidentes, dum inter se disputant, hinc & inde proferunt. Quandoquidem omnes Doctores Ecclesiae Romanae hic admittant veri nominis certitudinem, quae consistit in vero determinato, & fixo assensu, qui excludit omnem fluctuationem, & haesitationem, nec animum dubium & suspensum relinquit: & tantam in homine fideli fiduciam, ut sufficiat ad pacem & tranquillitatem animi, & spirituale gaudium, & hominem securum reddat de Dei gratia: adeoque fatentur bonos fideles certissime credere se esse in gratia, nec se falli in hac sua opinione; & formidinem illam, quae cum ista fidelium persuasione consistit, aiunt in eo constituendam esse, quod boni isti fideles credunt quidem se in eo non falli, sed tamen non credunt se falli non posse; talem quippe certitudinem propriam esse solius fidei divinitus infusae.

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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