Covenant name with Abraham — God needs nothing
To Abraham: I am El Shaddai — all-sufficient, not needy.
Covenant for Abraham's sake — nothing God promised was lacking to God.
Creatures always need and can receive; God needs nothing, gains nothing.
Latin
XX. Atque hoc est nomen quod Deus assumpsit foedus cum Abrahamo pangens: Ego sum, inquit, El Shaddai, Deus fortis, & omnipotens, seu potius, omnisufficiens. Quo titulo Deus innuebat foedus illud, non sua, sed Abrahami causa initum: nec quicquam eorum quae illi spondebat sibi deesse. Nulla res creata est, quae sibi ipsa sufficiat: aliae aliis opus habent, nec ulla est quae saltem Dei continua ope non egeat. Sed Deo proprium est omnia a se habere, nec indigere re ulla. Ideoque creaturae sunt profectus capaces, & possunt semper aliquid accipere: sed Deo nihil nocere, nihil prodesse potest. Nec bonum aut malum ullum ad ipsum unquam pertingit.
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.