Creatures act only secundum quid — God from Himself absolutely
Top creatures self-move only secundum quid.
Acts 17 / 1 Cor 12: first mover works all in all.
God alone acts from Himself simply and absolutely.
Latin
XII. Etenim creaturarum viventium nobilissimae atque praestantissimae a seipsis quidem agunt & moventur: sed secundum quid non vero simpliciter. Etenim non solum a Deo essentiam & virtutem operandi habent, & per eum continuo subsistunt atque conservantur: sed earum nullae agunt nisi a Deo primo agente actae: nec ullae earum moventur nisi virtute Dei primi motoris, in quo vivimus, movemur, & sumus, ut testatur Apostolus Actor. 17. & qui operatur omnia in omnibus juxta ejusdem Apostoli doctrinam: 1 Cor. 12. Deus autem a seipso agit simpliciter & absolute. Nec enim ab ullo in agendo pendet. Et, cum sit primus motor, ita seipsum movet, ut ab alio nullo moveatur.
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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