Moral certainty from signs — letter example
Firm assent without demonstration of absolute impossibility.
From many signs/indices: morally can’t be otherwise (contrary not absolutely impossible).
Letter example: hand, style, contents — still possible an evil genius forged it.
Latin
VIII. Praeterea intellectus quandoque rei cuipiam firmum assensum praebet, non propter aliquam demonstrationem, cujus vi clare percipiat simpliciter impossibile esse ut res aliter se habeat, sed quia ex multis signis & indiciis colligit & judicat revera rem ita se habere, neque ut res sunt, & moraliter loquendo, fieri posse ut alio modo se habeat, quamvis contrarium non sit absolute impossibile. Sic vir, qui ab uxore aut viro familiari epistolam aliquam accipit non dubitat quin sit illius, sed istud pro certo sibi persuadet, eo adductus characterum ductibus, stili ratione, materia contenti, aliisque similibus: quamvis fieri possit ut malus aliquis genius simile quiddam effinxerit.
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.