Why definitions vary: whole essence vs the differentia from historical faith
Varied definitions are not random conflict.
Some sketch the whole essence (shared with historical + what is proper).
Others mark only the differentia from historical faith.
One property or another in the wording — both belong; combine, don’t oppose.
Latin
XVI. Porro quod tam varie fidem definiunt Doctores Reformati, inde est quod nonnulli totam ejus essentiam describere nituntur, nempe, tam id quod habet commune cum fide, quam historicam vocant, quam id quod est illius proprium: alii vero solum id notare intendunt quo fides justificans ab historica differt. Praeterea alii fidem justificantem ex una proprietate, alii vero ex alia describunt; quae tamen non sunt inter se opponenda, sed componenda: cum tam horum, quam illorum Theologorum judicio, utramque proprietatem fides illa sibi vendicet; licet hujus, aut illius tantum expressam faciant in sua descriptione mentionem.
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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