Rome cites John 16 and John 21: much Jesus said and did went unwritten
Rome opens with John 16: I still have many things to say — you cannot bear them now.
They add John 21: the world could not hold books of all Jesus did.
Acts 1: forty days of kingdom teaching after the resurrection, yet the Gospels write little of it.
So, they say, much apostolic teaching must live in unwritten tradition.
Latin
II. Primum igitur ut probent multa esse Christi & Apostolorum dogmata, atque instituta quae sacris literis comprehensa non sunt, & tamen apud fideles authoritatem eandem obtinere debent ac illa quae scripta sunt, proferunt verba Christi Joan. 16. ubi discipulos suos alloquens, ait, Adhuc multa habeo vobis dicere, sed non potestis portare modo. Cui loco jungunt ea quae leguntur ultimo cap. ejus Evangelii, Sunt autem & alia multa quae fecit Jesus: quae, si scribantur per singula, nec ipsum arbitror mundum capere posse eos qui scribendi sunt, libros. Constat ergo, inquiunt, multa Dominum fecisse & dixisse, quae non sunt scripta. Nam illos libros qui extant una manus capere potest, Joannes autem dicit totum mundum non posse capere libros qui scribendi essent. Et praeterea illa quae promittebat Dominus se dicturum loco citato, dixit haud dubie post resurrectionem suam, ut colligi potest ex Actorum capite primo, ubi testatur Lucas Dominum post resurrectionem per quadraginta dies apparuisse discipulis, & ipsis locutum fuisse de iis quae pertinent ad regnum Dei. At de gestis & verbis Domini post resurrectionem paucissima scripserunt Evangelistae. Non autem est ullo modo credibile Apostolos, qui illa viderant aut audierant, non tradidisse Ecclesiis. Nec enim invidi, aut obliviosi erant, ut nollent, aut non possent ea dicere.
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.