Scripture can still be the first principle of faith though it is neither evident nor self-proving
So in the matter of faith we must come down to some principle that is neither evident of itself nor able to prove itself, yet hangs on no prior principle and of itself deserves authority and belief. Though Scripture is neither evident of itself nor able to prove itself, it does not follow that Scripture is not that first principle of faith which borrows its authority from nowhere else.
Latin
VI. Inde ergo planum est in fidei negotio deveniendum esse ad principium aliquod, quod neque ex se sit evidens, neque etiam possit per seipsum probari, et tamen a nullo priori principio pendeat, sed per se authoritatem et fidem mereatur. Quamvis igitur Scriptura neque ex se sit evidens, nec seipsam probare possit, inde tamen concludi non potest illam non esse primum istud fidei principium quod authoritatem suam aliunde non mutuatur.
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)
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