Those vows still terminate on Saints too—like alms to Christ in the poor; same promise, different end (latria vs dulia)
Even ‘God-in-the-Saints’ vows still land on the Saints—as alms to Christ in the poor land on the poor.
Same true promise, different end: God as first author (latria) vs Saints as mediators (dulia).
Latin
XXXI. Nihilominus pertendit vota illa quae fiunt Deo in Sanctis non terminari ad solum Deum, sed etiam ad ipsos Sanctos, quemadmodum eleemosyna quae datur Christo in paupere, vere datur ipsi pauperi. Ac ut ostendat in eo nullam esse Idololatriam, dicit non eadem ratione votum fieri Sanctis, & Deo. Nam Sanctis quidem aliquid vere & proprie promitti, quemadmodum proprie & vere Deo promittitur: Verum non eodem fine, neque eadem mente aliquid Deo & Sanctis promitti. Nempe quia, quum aliquis Deo quippiam vovet & promittit, id facit in signum gratitudinis erga primum principium omnium bonorum, & in recognitionem beneficii ab ipso, tanquam a primo authore accepti, & proinde illa promissio est cultus Latriae; at Sanctis promittitur aliquid in signum gratitudinis solum erga mediatores, & intercessores, per quos a Deo beneficia accepimus; & proinde illa promissio non est cultus Latriae sed Duliae.
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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