Dea title in poems and prose—Lipsius, Mendoza, Catharinus, Bembo; Bustis prefer ‘Queen of mercy’
Many even give Mary the name Goddess—in verse (Lipsius) and prose (Mendoza, Beroaldus, Catharinus).
Bembo for Leo X speaks of ‘the Goddess’ at Loreto; Bustis allow ‘Goddess of Goddesses’ but prefer Queen of mercy.
Latin
LXVII. Neque solum omnium Domina & Regina in Ecclesia Romana Sancta Virgo dicitur, sed ipsum Deae nomen a multis illi tribuitur. Frequens id est in sacris eorum Poematis, ut in illo Lipsii, Hae tibi laudes Dea dicet omnis, Sexus & aetas. Item, An sudat Dea sanguinem hoc in aevo. Et in illo Caesaris, Nec terra ad superos trade Dea calle secundo, & pluribus aliis. Sed & illi qui scribunt oratione soluta non raro Deae nomen Beatae Virgini tribuunt. Sic Mendoza Jesuita dicit, per Orationem Virginem fieri universae tanquam Deam creaturae. Sic Philippus Beroaldus, Quid majus, inquit, in laudem Deae nostrae dicitur, quam quod materno affectu & indulgentia nos foveat? Sic Ambrosius Catharinus unus ex Patribus Synodi Tridentinae, aliquid ex Augustino citans, Verbum protulit, inquit, Augustinus pro Domina Dea nostra, quod non pigebit referre. Verum, Non hominem dici eam sit fas quae mater est Dei, quae amicta sole & coronata duodecim stellis lunam habet sub pedibus. O Dea certe quae adeo particeps fuisti divinitatis, ut sola servata sis tanquam paradisus Dei, Dei manibus excolendus. Quin ipse Cardinalis Bembus nomine Leonis X. ad quandam Italiae civitatem scribens, monet ut meliora ligna in usum aedis Lauretanae donent, Ne tum nos, inquit, tum etiam Deam ipsam, indigna inutilium lignorum donatione lusisse videamini. Antoninus vero & Bernardinus de Bustis, saepe Beatam Virginem Deam Dearum recte dici posse, sed in solatium peccatorum, eam tamen dici malunt Reginam misericordiae.
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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