Dead faith is still God's gift and true in itself; the wicked assent inwardly but use faith badly
Rome still calls dead, unformed faith a divine gift that merits the name of true faith — even while saying its holders do not believe well or as they ought.
Bad Christians' assent to the Word is inwardly real and God-inspired, yet they misuse faith, miss its due end, and omit what faith commands.
Stapleton: the act without charity is good in itself, but not well done because it is not aimed at the ultimate good.
Latin
VIII. Caeterum docent Scholae Romanae Theologi illum qui fidem solum mortuam & informem habet, non bene credere, neque sicut oportet, ut videre est apud Bellarminum, lib. 1. de Justificatione, pluribus in locis. Sed pertendent nihilominus illam esse Dei donum, & ad gratiam pertinere, & titulum ac nomen verae fidei mereri. Nempe, ex ipsorum mente, assensus ille quem praebent verbo Dei multi mali Christiani, in se quidem bonus est, & a Deo inspiratus, ac per eum intus & reipsa, non externe tantum atque simulate, assentiuntur doctrinae divinae atque verissimae, male tamen credunt & non sicut oportet, quia fide sua non recte utuntur, nec ad debitum finem illam referunt, neque faciunt illa quae fides facienda dictat. Hoc est quod docet Stapletonus. Etsi, inquit, actus fidei sine charitate bonus est, tamen non bene fit, adeoque post bonus non est. Ideo autem non bene fit, quia ad finem boni ultimum talis actus non dirigitur. De Justif. lib. 8. cap. 9.
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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