Faith as essence vs existence — weak faith often lacks absolute certainty
Faith two ways: essence (what it can/ought to be) vs existence (as it actually is in someone).
As existent: highest absolute certainty does not always belong.
Weak faith wrestles doubt — Mark 9:24; disciples ὀλιγόπιστοι; Luke 17:5 Increase our faith.
Latin
XVII. Hic vero ante omnia notandum est, fidem duobus modis considerari posse. Vel secundum essentiam, ut loquuntur Philosophi, id est, qualis esse potest, & debet natura sua, & secundum perfectiones quae illi ex suo genere debentur, & ratione habita objecti quod respicit. Vel secundum existentiam, id est, qualis actu est in hoc aut illo subjecto. Si fides consideretur hoc posteriore modo, manifestum est ei, saltem semper, non competere certitudinem illam summam & absolutam. In multis enim fides infirma est, & tentationibus variis succutitur, ac perpetuam habet cum dubitatione & diffidentia luctam. Qualis erat fides illius qui Domino Jesu Christo dicebat, Credo Domine, succurre incredulitati meae. Et discipulorum, quos Christus vocat ὀλιγοπίστους, & qui propterea illi quoque dicebant, Adauge nobis fidem.
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.