Second distinction: honor propter se vs propter aliud—rational nature vs sacred signs

Second cut: honor on account of itself vs on account of another.

Only rational nature is venerable propter se; sacred signs are venerable only propter aliud, because their excellence hangs entirely on the holy thing they represent.

Latin

XXXVII. Secundo dicunt posse aliquid honorari propter se, vel propter aliud. Id honoratur, inquiunt, propter se, quod habet in se rationem venerationis non dependentem aliunde; & hoc modo sola natura rationalis est venerabilis. Propter aliud honoratur id, quod habet in se quidem causam honoris, sed illa causa tota pendet ab alio. Et hoc modo signa rerum sacrarum sunt venerabilia: habent enim in se relationem similitudinis, sive repraesentationem rei sacrae, & proinde quandam excellentiam, sed illa tota pendet ab ipsa re sacra.

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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