Reply: the Spirit's unction is real but unequal; Philippians 3 bears with the imperfect
Reply. It is true that God grants his Spirit to all the faithful and leads them into knowledge of his word, and that — as John says — they have an anointing from the Holy One that teaches them concerning all things.
Yet not all share that spirit of faith and wisdom equally. God does not dispense it to each by the same measure; he gives a greater supply to some and a lesser to others. Nor does that anointing teach every believer simply everything, but at least whatever suits each calling and is needed for each one's salvation and knowledge, according to state, condition, and place in God's Church.
So someone gifted with faith and knowledge of divine things enough for salvation may still err on some point of faith and fail to recognize some part of God's word.
That is why Paul in Philippians 3 wants those who are perfect to bear with those who think otherwise and keep brotherly communion while God reveals what they have not yet reached: As many of us as are perfect, let us think this; and if you think anything otherwise, God will also reveal this to you. Yet in what we have already reached, let us walk by the same rule and think the same.
Latin
XII. Resp. Verum quidem est Deum fidelibus omnibus Spiritum suum indulgere qui eos in verbi sui cognitionem ducit: eosque, ut inquit Joannes, unctionem habere a Sancto quae eos docet de omnibus. Veruntamen non omnes spiritum illum fidei et sapientiae aequaliter participant: Nec Deus illum omnibus et singulis aequali mensura dispensat: sed aliis majorem, aliis vero minorem spiritus illius copiam impertit: Neque unctio illa fideles omnes docet de omnibus simpliciter, sed saltem de omnibus quae vocationi cujusque congruunt, et ad cujusque salutem et cognitionem necessaria sunt, secundum statum et conditionem suam, et locum quem tenet in Ecclesia Dei. Unde fit ut qui fide, et rerum divinarum cognitione donatus est, quantum ad salutem sufficit, possit tamen in aliquo fidei capite errare, et aliquam verbi Dei partem non agnoscere. Ideoque Paulus ad Philippenses capite tertio, vult ut qui perfecti sunt ferant aliter sentientes, et tanquam cum fratribus communionem colant, interim dum Deus ipsis revelet illud ad quod nondum pervenerunt. Quotquot, inquit, perfecti sumus hoc sentiamus: quod si quid aliter sentitis, hoc quoque vobis Deus revelabit. Attamen in eo ad quod pervenimus, eadem incidamus regula, et idem sentiamus.
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.