John had an external write-command; Teach all nations includes the pen
John's Apocalypse repeatedly records a heavenly order to write — including the seven Asian letters.
Bellarmine's split between 'teach' and 'write' fails: teaching includes the pen.
Matthew's closing 'Teach all nations' is not viva-voce-only; writing is one teaching mode.
Christ wants the nations filled with the Gospel by speech or by calamus.
Latin
XII. Neque tamen Joanni saltem defuit externum mandatum; ipse enim in Apocalypsi testatur pluribus in locis sibi coelitus injunctum, ut scriberet ea quae Dominus ipsi revelaverat, ac praesertim Epistolas illas quas, Christi nomine, septem Ecclesiis Asiae inscribit. Non recte autem opponit Bellarminus mandatum docendi, quod Apostoli a Christo habuerunt, mandato scribendi: Docet enim non tantum qui viva voce instituit, sed etiam qui doctrinam scripto tradit: Ideoque quod discipulis suis injungit Christus Mat. cap. ult. Docete omnes Gentes, ad solam praedicationem viva voce factam restringi non debet, sed ad scriptionem ipsam potest extendi, quae unus est ex docendi modis. Nam ibi jubet Christus ut optimis quibusque modis gentes Evangelii cognitione imbuerent, sive sermone & lingua, sive etiam calamo.
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.