Theological Theses · §1454

Irenaeus, Tertullian, Cyprian, Augustine: second commandment and Decalogue still bind Christians (Sabbath flesh excepted)

Irenaeus: Decalogue words remain, extended not dissolved by the Incarnation.

Tertullian universalizes the ban on likeness-making; Cyprian applies the second commandment to Christians; Augustine keeps the whole Decalogue except carnal Sabbath.

Latin

XXIV. Id videre est apud Irenaeum libr. 4. cap. 34. Decalogi, inquit, verba omnibus similiter Dominus locutus est: ideo permanent apud nos, extensionem & augmentum, sed non dissolutionem accipientia per carnalem ejus adventum. Tertullianus vero, libro de idololatria cap. 4. loquitur de lege quae vetat fieri ullam similitudinem eorum quae sunt in coelo, vel in terra, tanquam a Deo toti mundo lata. Lex divina, inquit, proclamat, Ne feceritis idolum. Et conjungens, Neque similitudinem eorum quae in coelo sunt, & quae in terra, & quae in mari. Toto mundo ejusmodi artibus interdixit. Et capite sequenti, Si, inquit, eundem Deum observas, cum eo, scilicet, qui est legis author, babes legem ejus, Ne feceris similitudinem. Et similiter Cyprianus, verba haec secundi praecepti, Non facies tibi cujusquam similitudinem, tanquam ad Christianos pertinentia refert, lib. 3. ad Quirinum cap. 59. Praesertim vero Augustinus disertis verbis affirmat ad nos pertinere maxime Decalogum, qui duabus illis lapideis tabulis continetur, excepta sabbati observatione carnali. Contra duas Epistolas Pelagianorum lib. 3. cap. 4.

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

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