Deus est Deitas — Gilbert of Poitiers rejected

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In God abstract = concrete: God is Deity; goodness itself, justice itself.

John 14: I am the truth and the life.

Gilbert of Poitiers exploded — Person/nature not split names in God.

Latin

XXI. Idcirco nominibus abstractis & concretis in Deo res una plane, & eadem significatur. Nam Deus est sua essentia, & essentia Dei est Deus ipse. Homo non est humanitas, nec humanitas est homo: sed Deitas est Deus, & Deus est Deitas. Ac similiter quodcunque Divinum attributum, tam in abstracto quam in concreto de Deo recte & vere enunciari potest. Etenim Deus non tantum est bonus; sed etiam ipsa bonitas: nec tantum justus; sed ipsa justitia. Qui loquendi modus authoritate Scripturae comprobatur. Siquidem Filius Dei frequenter in Scripturis vocatur sapientia. Et non solum dicitur Deus verus: sed ipsa veritas: nec solum Deus vivens: sed ipsa vita, veluti Joan. 14. Ego sum, inquit, veritas & vita. Quapropter in scholis merito explosa est sententia Gilberti Porretani Episcopi Pictaviensis, qui tempore Bernardi docuit non eandem rem in Deo significari nominibus abstractis & concretis: ut hisce vocibus Deus & Deitas, Persona & natura. Adeoque hac etiam in parte Deus est omnino simplex & compositione caret.

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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