Reply to the minor's confirmation: rash doubt does not unsettle the instructed
As for the confirmation of the minor — that Scripture's books are doubtful apart from the Church because many books were foisted on the Apostles and genuine writings were doubted — the reply is that what is doubtful to the ignorant, the perverse, or the poorly taught can still be certain for the faithful and devout who are well taught and enlightened by the Holy Spirit.
Rash, unjust doubt from some people does nothing to shake the certainty of those with sound judgment.
Latin
XXV. Ad minoris vero confirmationem, qua probatum est Scripturae sacrae libros esse dubios citra Ecclesiae authoritatem, quoniam multi libri Apostolis suppositi sunt, & de veris eorum scriptis dubitatum est. Resp. quod dubium est hominibus ignaris, perversis, aut non satis instructis, posse tamen esse certum fidelibus & piis, qui abunde instructi sunt, & a Spiritu sancto illuminati. Nec enim temeraria & injusta quorundam dubitatio quicquam obest certitudini hominum sani judicii.
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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