Theological Theses · §1500

Sacred houses may rise where Saints lived or wrought wonders—even for Angels and Mary without bodily relics, or by image and name alone

Relics are not required: houses may mark dwellings, deeds, or apparitions.

Mary and the Angels get churches without bodily relics; image or bare name can carry the memorial.

Latin

XX. Ac praeterea pertendit aedes sacras Sanctis erigi posse, non tantum ubi sunt proprie dictae eorum reliquiae, verbi causa, ossa & Vestes; sed etiam in locis, ubi habitaverunt, aut aliquid praeclari gesserunt. Quo nomine dicit multas Ecclesias extructas fuisse Beatae Mariae, & Angelis etiam ipsis, quorum nullae possunt haberi reliquiae, scilicet, in locis ubi apparuerunt, & miracula aliqua ostenderunt. Imo addit, quod etiam passim fieri videmus, posse erigi Basilicas Sanctis ad memoriam eorum conservandam, vel per imaginem, vel per ipsum solum nomen. Sic Ecclesiae multae Beatae Virginis nomine vocantur, & illi dicatae sunt, in quibus tamen nullae visuntur ejus reliquiae, nec etiam ullum ante miraculum eo in loco fecisse perhibetur.

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

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.