Bellarmino rejects Thomas here: Saint-vows aim to honor Saints, and some formulas vow to God and Saints together
Bellarmino: Thomas fits prelate-obedience vows, not Saint-directed fasts and pilgrimages that mean to honor Saints.
Some formulas vow to God and Mary and all Saints at once—so the Saint-clause is inside the formal vow.
Latin
XXIX. Verum haec solutio Bellarmino non satisfacit: quoniam ita Thomae observatio recte quidem applicari potest ad vota quae includunt promissionem homini mortali factam. Nam qui vovet, verbi causa, obedientiam Praelato, revera votum non Praelato, sed Deo soli facit, licet ipsi Praelato obedientiam promittat. Nec enim illo voto Praelatum, sed Deum colere & honorare intendit. At qui vovet jejunium vel peregrinationem Sanctis intendit ipsos Sanctos religiose honorare. Adde quod fiunt Sanctis quaedam promissiones quas apparet non solum esse materiam voti sed votum quoddam formaliter. Ut quum quis se addicturus ordini Religioso, votum hac forma concipit, Voveo Deo, & Beatae Mariae, & omnibus Sanctis, me Praelato tali vel tali obediturum. Ibi enim sola promissio Praelato facta est materia voti, altera vero quae ad Deum & Sanctos simul dirigitur, est formaliter ipsum votum.
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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