A Candid Inquiry into the Controversies among Evangelicals · §529

Annotatio IV §.IX open: Fifth century — Chrysostom and Augustine as chief witnesses

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§.IX: for the FIFTH century — last of the purer Evangelical ages — many Fathers could be cited, but two snatch the palm.

East and West’s doctors par excellence: Chrysostom and Augustine.

Latin

§. IX. Testimonia SECULI QUINTI, seu postremi eorum, quibus de puriori doctrina Evangelica gloriari datum est, etsi ex pluribus Patribus tàm Græcis, quam Latinis, Theodoreto, Cyrillo, Prospero Aquitanico, Fulgentio aliisque colligi adducique possent uberrima, nobis tamen hôc locô suffecerit in duorum, diffusioris cùm eruditionis, tùm Commentationis atque eloquii sacri, palmam, & Antecessoribus, & Successoribus, facilè præripientium Patrum Sententiis acquievisse. Alter horum Orientalis, Occidentalis Ecclesiæ alter Doctor kat' exochēn communisque & meretur dici, & vulgò consuevit appellari, S. CHRYSOSTOMUM intelligo, & S. AUGUSTINUM.

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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.

Witnesses

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