Becanus — conditional vs absolute foresight; post vs propter

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Becanus: glory-election from foreseen merits is more probable.

Splits: conditioned vs absolute foresight.

And: post praevisa vs propter praevisa — true in all modes.

Latin

XXI. Haec est sententia Martini Becani, qui postquam dixit multos ex Scholasticis sentire praedestinationem, seu efficacem electionem ad gloriam factam esse ex praevisis meritis, sequentia verba subjungit. Porro haec sententia, quae multo probabilior est, potest duobus modis explicari. Primo de praescientia conditionata, ut sensus sit, Deus, antequam efficaciter eligeret aliquos ad gloriam, praevidit per scientiam conditionatam, quinam bene usuri essent gratia Dei si illis daretur. Secundo de praescientia absoluta, hoc sensu: Deus absolute praevidit aliquos bene operaturos, antequam illos efficaciter eligeret ad gloriam. Rursum utrumque dupliciter intelligi potest. Primo Deus efficaciter elegit aliquos ad gloriam ex praevisis meritis, id est, post praevisa merita. Secundo, ex praevisis meritis, id est, propter praevisa merita. Nos dicimus omnibus modis veram esse hanc sententiam. In Summa Theol. tom. 1. cap. 9. q. 1. sect. 3.

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)
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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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