Two Reformed affirmations — Scripture's full substance; no equal unwritten word

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Two affirmations follow.

First: everything belonging to the substance of faith and religion is fully and sufficiently in sacred Scripture.

Second: besides Scripture there is no word of God that is our faith's principle and rule — so no unwritten traditions equal Scripture's authority, and least of all Rome's so-called Apostolic and divine traditions.

The first follows from the second: if there is no divine word outside Scripture, Scripture must hold all that faith and salvation require, or we already lack necessities and have no sure path of salvation.

So, without rehearsing Scripture's own fullness-texts, the main proof target is this: no living-voice-only word of God stands as a certain faith-rule alongside Scripture.

Latin

XXV. Duo igitur affirmamus. Et primo quidem omnia quae pertinent ad substantiam fidei & religionis plene & sufficienter in Scriptura sacra contineri. Deinde, praeter Scripturam non extare ullum Dei verbum quod fidei nostrae sit principium & regula, adeoque nullas traditiones non scriptas aequalis esse cum sacra Scriptura authoritatis. Minime vero istud honoris tribuendum esse traditionibus illis quas Ecclesia Romana tanquam Apostolicas & divinas commendat. Prius autem illud sequitur ex posteriori. Etenim si nullum sit praeter Scripturam Dei verbum, necesse est illam omnia ad fidem & salutem necessaria continere, vel nos jam aliquibus necessariis carere. Et quod inde sequitur, nullam certam ad salutem nobis superesse viam. Itaque omissis iis testimoniis quibus Scriptura suam ipsius plenitudinem & perfectionem commendat, illud praecipue probare contendemus nullum esse Dei verbum viva voce tantum traditum quod cum Scriptura sacra certa sit fidei regula.

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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