A Candid Inquiry into the Controversies among Evangelicals · §309

Annotatio VI §.II: Damnationes of non-fundamental opinions in the Epitome — against Lutheric brethren and Reformeds

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It is also promiscuously joined to damnations of opposing opinions — however harmless, whether true or false, and certainly not fundamental.

In the Epitome of articles on controversies among Augsburg Confession theologians, such damnations abound — against some opinions of Luther’s own-named brethren, and against more on the Reformed side — for example these:

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praeterea cum Damnationibus opinionum adversantium, utut maximè innocuarum, verarum, seu falsarum, certè non fundamentalium, conjunctum promiscuè: quales damnationes in Epitome articulorum, de quibus Controversiae ortae sunt inter Theologos August. Confessionis, quam plurimae leguntur, tàm in opiniones Fratrum Luthericorum, ab eodem Lutheri nomine appellatorum, nonnullas, quam in Reformatorum plures latas, e. g. in has,

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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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