God comprehends Himself — Thomas; 1 Cor 2
God comprehends Himself — not by bounding His essence.
Comprehend = know as far as knowable; nothing hidden (Thomas).
Creature intellects finite; 1 Cor 2: Spirit alone knows God’s depths.
Latin
VIII. Porro Deus ita seipsum cognoscit, ut seipsum comprehendat. Quod sic accipiendum non est, quasi intellectus divinus essentiam divinam quibusdam quasi finibus concluderet. Etenim rem comprehendere, non est aliud quam eam cognoscere, quantum cognoscibilis est, & ita ut nihil ejus lateat cognoscentem, ut loquitur Thom. Aquinas, seu in essentia divina, quantumlibet infinita sit, nihil latere potest intellectum divinum, qui simili quoque modo infinitus est. Talis vero Dei cognitio ipsius Dei propria est, nec competit ulli creaturae. Nam cum creaturae omnes finitae sint, non possunt rem infinitam capere & comprehendere. Et huc potest illud Apostoli referri, Spiritus omnia scrutatur etiam profunda Dei. Quis enim hominum scit, quae sunt hominis, nisi spiritus hominis qui in ipso est: ita & quae Dei sunt nemo cognovit nisi Spiritus Dei: 1 Cor. 2. 11.
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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