Theological Theses · §968

What is not of grace is of works—so sanctification is not of works

Paul: grace and works mutually exclude (Rom 11:6).

Sanctification is free singular grace—hence not of works.

Latin

XXXVI. Primo enim, secundum Pauli doctrinam, & loquendi modum, id quod gratiae non est, ex operibus est. Quippe res sunt oppositae, & quae se invicem destruunt, gratiam esse, & esse ex operibus. Si autem gratia, inquit Apostolus, jam non ex operibus. Alioquin gratia, jam non est gratia. Si ex operibus, jam non est gratia: quandoquidem opus, jam non est opus. Rom. 11. 6. Hominis autem sanctificationem, esse donum Dei gratuitum, & gratiam plane singularem, nemo est qui possit in dubium vocare, ac proinde, juxta Apostoli doctrinam, ex operibus non est.

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

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