Not every Apostle need write — a few inspired books serve the whole Church
Bellarmine: if God meant a written Gospel, every Apostle — or a joint council — would have issued a full body of doctrine.
Reply: a few inspired writers suffice for the whole Church's use.
No need for an Apostles' committee — God inspires persons as well as assemblies.
Sacred books arise from God's immediate breath, not from human planning.
Latin
XV. Denique non est majoris ponderis & momenti quod urget Bellarminus, nempe, si Deo fuisset propositum Evangelii doctrinam per Apostolos literis consignare, futurum fuisse ut, vel singuli Apostoli corpus Evangelicae doctrinae conscriberent in usum provinciarum illarum quibus praedicabant, vel certe omnes simul congregati, antequam discederent in suas provincias, librum aliquem communem ederent: Etenim ut istud Dei propositum ratum fieret, & mandaretur executioni, suffecit ut nonnulli ex Apostolis & Evangelistis scribendi curam Deo inspirante susciperent. Nam scripta a paucis edita potuerunt universae Ecclesiae usui esse, & inservire fidelibus omnium provinciarum. Neque opus fuit hac de re Apostolos in communi consulere, cum Deus non minus singulos seorsim inspiraret, quam omnes simul congregatos. Adde quod scripta divina non ex hominum consilio, sed ex Dei immediato & extraordinario afflatu fieri debuerunt.
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.