No sacrifice to Saints—yet Masses ‘of’ Saints offer Christ’s body to God for their honor, merit, and intercession

Rome refuses sacrifice to Saints, yet allows sacrifice to God in their honor.

Masses named for Saints still immolate Christ’s true body to the Father.

Such Masses commemorate the Saint and plead by his merit and intercession.

Latin

XIII. Quanquam autem Doctores Ecclesiae Romanae sacrificium Sanctis offerri nolint, licitum tamen esse putant in honorem Sanctorum sacrificium offerre, non ipsis Sanctis, sed Deo. Adeoque frequens est in Ecclesia Romana Missas celebrare in honorem Sanctorum. Quamvis, ex ipsius Ecclesiae doctrina, Missa sit proprie dictum sacrificium, in quo verum Christi corpus quotidie immolatur & offertur Deo Patri. Unde est quod Missas vocant de nomine Sanctorum, ut quum dicitur Missa Sancti Rochi, Missa Sancti Antonii, &c. Sic autem vocant Missas ubi singularis commemoratio fit alicujus Sancti, & per ejus meritum & intercessionem imploratur Dei auxilium, Deoque solemnes aguntur gratiae pro gloria, isti vel illi Sancto collata.

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)
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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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