Theological Theses · §290

Rome: major doctrines are only probable from Scripture until tradition locks the sense

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Rome lists weighty doctrines drawn from Scripture only 'somehow' — Trinity equality, Filioque, original sin, need of inward grace.

Until tradition seals the sense, they say, the mind cannot rest without doubt.

Heretics (Greeks, Arians, Pelagians) quote Scripture both ways with a show of probability.

So they demand another divine word to end controversy infallibly.

Latin

XLVI. Sed contra istud urgent adversarii, non pauca esse quae sunt ad fidem magni momenti, quae ex Scriptura quidem aliquo modo deducuntur; Sed non ita certo atque evidenter, ut in eo possit animus firmiter acquiescere, ac dubium omne tollatur, donec adhibeatur traditionis authoritas, quae verum Scripturae sacrae sensum confirmet, & extra dubium ponat. Atque in exemplum afferunt doctrinam de aequalitate personarum in divinis, de processione Spiritus a Filio, de peccato originis, & necessitate gratiae alicujus internae, ut aliquis bene operari possit, & ad salutem utiliter. Etenim ista ex Scripturis non satis clare deduci, ut citra traditionis authoritatem haberi possint pro fidei dogmatis, inde probant quod haeretici, ut hodie Graeci, & olim Ariani & Pelagiani, contra ista ex Scripturis istis probabiliter disputant, neque tantum respondent argumentis, quibus articuli illi ex Scriptura sacra confirmantur, sed vicissim ex Scripturis pro sua sententia loca non pauca cum specie objiciunt. Itaque nunquam posse controversias cum hominibus protervis finiri, nisi sit praeter Scripturam aliud Dei verbum quod dogmata ista clarius confirmet, & unde possit verus Scripturae sacrae sensus circa loca controversa peti certo & infallibiliter.

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

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