‘Religious’ cult of Saints: denied strictly (religion’s object is God), allowed broadly or secondarily
Strictly, religion’s object is God’s cult—so saint-cult is another species of observance.
Broadly (or secondarily) they still call saint-honor religious, as opposed to mere civil polity.
Latin
VIII. Si quis vero quaerat an cultus qui Sanctis impendendus est dici debeat religiosus, necne, respondent Religionem, proprie & stricte loquendo, significare virtutem specialem quae habet pro objecto cultum Dei, & quae distinguitur specie ab ea virtute qua colimus Sanctos; quae observantia quaedam est alius plane rationis: aliquando vero latius accipi Religionis nomen, videlicet, pro omni illa virtute qua colimus Deum, vel amicos Dei, aliasque res sacras, & quae distinguitur a cultu politico & mere humano. Ac priori sensu negant cultum Sanctorum esse religiosum actum, concedunt vero posteriori sensu. Sive quod eodem recidit, dicunt Sanctos coli debere cultu Religionis non primario sed secundario.
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.