Even without self-commendation, no rival divine word appears — duty stops at what God revealed
Even if Scripture never named traditions or praised its own sufficiency, we would still deny an unwritten word of God.
No such word appears; proposed divine tradition carries human marks and fails as a safe faith-foundation.
True first principles need no higher proof — and false claimants need no express biblical rebuttal if their weakness is plain.
Since no other divine word exists beside Scripture, it holds all that is necessary: men owe no more belief than God has revealed.
Latin
L. Sed quamvis Scriptura sacra nullam traditionum mentionem faceret, nec propriam perfectionem & sufficientiam ullibi commendaret, nihilominus vere nec sine ratione affirmaremus, nullum esse verbum Dei non scriptum: quia nullum tale comparet, & traditio quae tanquam divina proponitur habet in se notas quibus agnoscitur humana esse, & argumenta quae convincunt illam non esse satis tutum fidei fundamentum, quemadmodum superiori disputatione a nobis ostensum est. Nam sicut verum Dei verbum, & legitima fidei principia non opus habent probari alio Dei verbo, & deduci ex aliis fidei principiis, sed fidelibus innotescunt ex signis & notis innitis, aliisque argumentis & credendi motivis, ita etiam, ut merito rejiciamus id, quod falso ut Dei verbum proponitur, & legitimum fidei principium, non opus est expresso aliquo testimonio, quod desumptum sit ex vero Dei verbo, sed satis est ut in se habeat indicia & notas imbecillitatis humanae, & desint motiva atque argumenta quibus sufficienter fideles moveri & suaderi possint, ut illud tanquam divinum suscipiant. Ex eo vero quod praeter Scripturam nullum aliud extat & comparet Dei verbum, evidenter deducitur illam necessaria omnia continere. Nam per se notum est, homines de rebus divinis & supernaturalibus non teneri plura scire & credere, quam Deo placuit ipsis revelare & manifestare.
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.