A Candid Inquiry into the Controversies among Evangelicals · §92

Controv. XV: Should the Reformed, by the rule of charity, tolerate Lutherans as brethren?

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Controv. XV. On mutual tolerance among Evangelicals.

By the rule of charity, should the Reformed — though they differ from the Lutherans on the chapters above — be ready to bear with them as brethren, sharers of the same faith and salvation, and members of the true church, in a holy bond of hearts and studies?

The graver consequences of those chapters need not block the way: the Lutherans neither own those consequences nor accept them. Other heads weigh less once the real state of the quarrel is set out fairly — as in the chapter on the Holy Supper. And both sides still keep the common Protestant principle and foundation of the faith, having rejected idolatry and papal doctrine.

Latin

XV. De Tolerantia mutua inter Evangelicos. An Reformati, ex canone charitatis, secùs sentientes in superioribus Capitibus Lutheranos, (nihil obstantibus istorum Capitum gravioribus consequentüs, sed ab his non agnitis, imò rejectis; tùm ob levius in aliis Capitibus momentum, si status Controversiae ritè explicetur, ut in Capite de S. Canâ, &c. tùm etiam ob retentum fidei principium ac fundamentum, Protestantibus commune, rejectamque Idololatriam, ac doctrinam Papalem) tolerare parati sint tanquam Fratres, & consortes ejusdem fidei ac salutis, ac membra verae Ecclesiae, sanctâ confederatione animorum, studiorumque?

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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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