In God no added subsistence — else a quaternity
Divine nature is singular — no contracting difference needed.
Subsistence is not really other than essence in God.
Else quaternity (nature + three persons); perfect essence needs no add-on to subsist.
Latin
XX. Sed distinctio illa in Deo locum non habet. Nam in Deo Divinae naturae nihil est superadditum quod ab ipsa diversum sit. Etenim natura divina est aliquid singulare, quod multiplicari non potest. Ideoque opus non habet differentia ulla contrahente quia fiat Deo propria: sicut Petri humanitas Petri fit propria per quandam differentiam singularem. Nec etiam in Deo subsistentia est aliquid ab essentia realiter distinctum. Sed personae divinae & essentia divina idem sunt. Alioqui non trinitas, sed quaternitas quaedam in Deo concipienda esset, nempe natura divina, & tres personae, sive subsistentiae. Et hoc quoque exigit divina perfectio. Nam cum essentiae divinae nihil desit, sed ipsa sit simpliciter & absolute perfecta, & omnem in suo conceptu perfectionem includat, non alia re ad subsistendum eget, nec quicquam ipsi superaddi potest.
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)
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