Faith is the gospel condition for being held just—then: does faith alone justify?
Best: faith is the gospel condition under which God holds us just in Christ.
Next question: sola fide—Protestant consensus, but teach it carefully against abuse.
Latin
XXV. Nihil ergo probabilius, simplicius, Scripturae magis congruum dici potest, quam justificationem ideo fidei tribui, quia fides conditio est quam Evangelium a nobis exigit, ut apud Deum justi & insontes habeamur, ac sicut cum talibus nobiscum agat Deus, nos propter Christum a poenis peccato debitis eximens, & regni coelestis haeredes instituens. Sed venit hic alia quaestio discutenda, nempe, An fides sola justificet? Solam justificare communis & recepta est Protestantium doctrina; quae tamen cum cautione tradenda & exponenda est, ne quis sit errori & calumniae locus.
About this text
Louis Le Blanc de Beaulieu, Sedan Theses, newly rendered from Latin: from theology proper through the Roman theses I–77 and the Reformed theses of Part Two. The theses only — not the collected works.
English follows locked Pitt Latin through Imaginum CLOSED + Sanctorum Cultu Romana CLOSED + Pars Secunda Reformata I-XL. 1675 PDF ~384-390 (book ~370-376); Vision OCR + pdftotext + tess. No modern English. This slice densifies Sanctorum Pars Secunda I-XL. Next: Pars Secunda XLI–fin (~CI). Claim stays claimed (book densify not done).
Catalogue & scope
ESTC R17887; Wing L802. IA bub_gb_eOkHAW4G0-wC (+ EEBO 1675 for gap leaves). Densify through Sanctorum Cultu Romana I-LXXVII + Pars Secunda Reformata I-XL (Pars Secunda not closed; not whole folio).
Witnesses
- Copy-text Locked Latin, De Theologia I-XLIII (Pitt 1675) (Latin)
- Checked print Internet Archive PDF of the 1675 Pitt folio (Latin)
- Checked print pdftotext of De Theologia pages (Latin)
- Checked print Internet Archive DjVu OCR of the 1675 Pitt folio (Latin)
- Copy-text Locked Latin, De Fide I-XXII (Pitt 1675) (Latin)
- Copy-text Locked Latin, De Authoritate Scripturae Pars I I-XLVII + Pars II I-XXXV + Pars III I-VIII (Pitt 1675) (Latin)
- Copy-text Locked Latin, De Scripturae plenitudine densify (Pitt 1675) (Latin)
This is an AI-assisted study translation. Source fidelity and completeness have not been independently certified. Open Latin on each section (or the Latin source witness link) for the source text. This is not a complete critical edition.