Feasts ranked as God’s own cult—yet Saint-days abound; many say they are God’s feasts in Saints’ memory

Feasts are classed with Godward cult—yet Saint-days fill the calendar.

Many resolve it: feasts (like temples and Masses) go to God, in the Saints’ memory and honor.

Latin

XXVI. Ad festa quod attinet, Ecclesiae Romanae Doctores solent quidem illa numerare inter ea quae ad cultum Deo proprium pertinent: et tamen in Ecclesia Romana solemne est dies festos instituere in honorem Sanctorum. Ut autem ista concilient, Dicunt eorum multi festa quae dicuntur Sanctorum, non Sanctis proprie, sed Deo dicari, verum in memoriam & honorem Sanctorum. Quemadmodum templa soli Deo sacrantur, sed in Sanctorum quoque honorem atque Memoriam. Et similiter Missae sacrificium non offertur ulli quam Deo, & tamen hoc non obstat quominus in honorem Sanctorum Missa celebretur, ut antea fuit expositum.

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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