Faith principles are Scripture itself — dogmas vs school theological truths
The principles of faith are contained in Scripture because they are Scripture itself — not something outside it — and not because they must or can be proved from Scripture.
Everything else in religion and sacred doctrine either is proved by express texts, or drawn from Scripture by open, near consequences (what properly count as dogmas of faith), or only fetched by more remote, less plain consequences from Scripture's deeper store (many theological truths taught in the Orthodox schools).
Latin
III. Ac praeterea fidei principia Scriptura quidem contineri, quoniam sunt ipsa Scriptura, non aliquid extra Scripturam; non quod ex Scriptura sacra probari debeant aut possint. Reliqua vero omnia quae ad religionem & doctrinam sacram pertinent, vel disertis textibus probari, aut ex Scripturis per apertas & proximas consequentias deduci, cujusmodi sunt ea quae proprie dogmata fidei appellari debent: vel solummodo per consequentias remotiores & minus evidentes ex reconditiore Scripturae penu veluti depromi, cujusmodi sunt multae Theologicae veritates in Scholis Orthodoxis proponi & doceri solitae.
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)
This is an AI-assisted study translation. Source fidelity and completeness have not been independently certified. Open Latin on each section (or the Latin source witness link) for the source text. This is not a complete critical edition.