Authority grades — Divine equals Gospels; Apostolic equals Apostolic writings; Ecclesiastical equals canons
Authority is not equal across these kinds.
What they call Divine is given the same force as precepts and dogmas written in the Gospels.
What they call Apostolic is ranked with the Apostolic writings themselves.
Ecclesiastical traditions sit lower — on a level with the Church's written canons and laws.
Latin
XIV. Caeterum omnibus istis traditionibus non omnino eandem authoritatem tribuunt. Et quidem traditiones illas quas divinas vocant, eandem vim habere volunt, quam divina praecepta & dogmata quae scripta sunt in Evangeliis. Et similiter traditionibus, quas Apostolicas dicunt, eandem authoritatem tribuendam esse statuunt, quam scriptis Apostolicis. Sed traditionibus Ecclesiasticis minorem aliquanto authoritatem deferunt, eam scilicet, quam habent Canones & Leges Ecclesiae scriptae.
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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