A Candid Inquiry into the Controversies among Evangelicals · §278

Annotatio V §.II Ratiocinative: Unanimous in fundamentals — one spiritual body more than not, though lesser dissent remains

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By reason: those agreed on the fundamental — and so necessary and chief — dogmas of the Christian religion, though they still differ on lesser points, yet press on toward fuller unity in charity.

They are more one spiritual body than not.

Or, what comes to the same, they are more held in the Consociation of one Christian church than they are shut out of it — for we name a thing from its greater part.

Latin

Ratiocinative: Quia in Fundamentalibus eoque necessariis praecipuisque Christianae Religionis dogmatibus unanimes, licèt in aliis minus fundamentalibus minusque necessariis dissentientes, ad majorem intereà perfectamque Unitatem contendentes, in Charitate, unum idemque Spirituale Corpus magis sunt, quàm non sunt; vel (quod eodem recurrit) unius ejusdemque Ecclesiae Christianae Consociatione continentur magis, quàm non continentur: Quandoquidem à potiori fit denominatio.

About this text

Samuel Strimesius — Prefatio through Controversiae Post Lutherum Controv. III-XIII + XV Tolerantia, Hexades Annotationum Prooemium and Annotatio I through Decem Theses / Francus plus Annotatio II §.I-§.VI and Annotatio III §.I–§.VII (through Cassellanum 1661) from Ingenua in Controversias Evangelicorum (Frankfurt an der Oder, 1708). Honest partial; Prefatio silence reasons, Annotatio III §.VIII+ fruits / §.IX+, Hexades theses body, deeper Controversiae / Part II remain.

English follows the locked 1708 Francofurti ad Viadrum Latin of Prefatio §I–II, Crimina defenses through III, Part I Protheoria through Controversiae Obices/Historia/Varii gradus, Formula Discord/Disparitas, Ulterius confirmatur / Classes / Formula protest / triplex differentia, Coena Domini Controversiae Priores through Precariae Hypotheses (Controv. print pp. 34–40), Controversiae Post Lutherum Natae Controv. III–XV tip (providence through De Tolerantia mutua; Controv. print pp. 40–78), Hexades Annotationum Prooemium H.I–§.III (Hexades print pp. 1–4 / PDF ~182–185), and Annotatio I De Augustana Confessione §.I–§.VIII tip (Hexades print pp. 5–24+ / PDF ~186–205+), reconstructed from Google Books PDF page images (ONB copy, id 3epYAAAAcAAJ) with pdftotext as check. No modern English was copied. Sister Halle digitization of Ingenua in Arminianismum (DOI 10.25673/65287) remains Anubis-blocked — skipped; Controversias only. Prefatio silence reasons, Annotatio I §.IX+, Hexades theses body beyond §.VIII, and remainder of Controversiae / folio remain.

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