Scripture’s praised faith is another — true, saving, justifying
Scripture’s highly praised faith is another thing entirely.
John 3 / Mark 16 / Romans: believe → eternal life, salvation, justice.
Whoever has it is just before God — unlike demon/ungodly assent.
Protestants reserve ‘true, saving, justifying faith’ for this alone.
Latin
IV. Unde colligunt omnino ab hac fide distinguendam esse fidem illam quam Scriptura summis laudibus & elogiis ornat, ad quam nos tam frequenter & vehementer hortatur, cuique justitiam & salutem nostram tribuere solet, tanquam indivulse cum ea cohaerentem. Ut quum apud Joannem dicitur, Sic Deus dilexit mundum, ut filium suum unigenitum daret; ut omnis qui credit in eum non pereat, sed habeat vitam aeternam. Et similiter apud Marcum, Qui crediderit, & baptizatus fuerit, salvus erit. Quibus consonat illud Pauli in Epistola ad Romanos, Finis legis est Christus ad justitiam omni credenti. Unde patet esse quandam fidem, quam quicunque habet coram Deo justus est, & Deo gratus & acceptus ad salutem & vitam aeternam; & quae proinde alia est ab ea fide quae in ipsis impiis & daemonibus reperitur. Ea vero fides piorum & justorum propria a Protestantibus sola digna censetur nomine fidei verae, salvificae, & justificantis. Joan. 3. Marc. 16. Rom. 10.
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.