A Candid Inquiry into the Controversies among Evangelicals · §419

Annotatio III §.IV: Sixth century — sacred image use and cult arise in temples; once unheard-of and hated

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When the Apostolic / Episcopal / Patristic centuries were spent (or nearly ended), about the sixth century sacred-image use and cult began to strengthen in temples.

Earlier ages had never heard of it; Protestant public Confessions hate it still more.

Latin

Enimvero accidit, ut exactis Seculis Ecclesiæ Catholicæ Apostolicis, verè Episcopalibus atque Patristicis, saltem fine hisce cunctis imminente, Seculo admodum sexto imaginum sacrarum usus cultusque in templis invalescere inciperet, superioribus temporibus non tantùm inauditus prorsus, sed etiam ex omnium Protestantium Confess. publica majorem in modum exosus.

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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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