Oaths are latria-acts—yet swearing by Saints is allowed secondarily as divine truth shines in them (Thomas 2a2ae q.89 a.6)

Oaths belong to latria—yet Rome swears by Saints.

Scholastics allow it secondarily: swear by the divine truth shining in them (Thomas 2a2ae q.89 a.6), not by the Saints as such.

Latin

XXXIV. Porro Theologi Ecclesiae Romanae juramentum etiam numerant inter actus Latriae, sive Religionis, id est, cultus qui soli Deo debetur. Et tamen in Ecclesia Romana usitatum est per Sanctos jurare. Verum dicunt Scholastici licere per Sanctos jurare, saltem secundario; nempe, quatenus in ipsis divina veritas elucet. Et ita per Sanctos jurari, non secundum se, sed in quantum veritatem divinam crediderunt & observarunt. Ut apud eundem Thomam videre est 2.2. quaest. 89. art. 6.

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)
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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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