Theological Theses · §436

Third mode denied — Eugubinus and Vorstius confine substance to heaven

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Substance-presence is the contested mode.

Eugubinus: God's substance only in heaven (Ps 138/139).

Vorstius (Leiden): same — substance in heaven; earth only by power/wisdom.

Latin

XII. Sed de tertio modo, nimirum de praesentia secundum substantiam, repertus est unus, aut alter qui negaret Deum ita ubique esse. Nam inter Pontificios Augustinus quidam Eugubinus scribens in Psalmum 138. juxta versionem vulgatam, qui juxta Hebraeos est 139. pretendit Deum secundum substantiam extra caelum non esse, & in caelo duntaxat versari. Ex reformatis vero similem errorem erravit Vorstius, sub hujus saeculi initium, Professor in Academia Lugduno-Batava, qui affirmavit Deum, ratione suae substantiae, esse tantum in caelo, licet in terra virtute & sapientia sua nobis adsit.

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

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