Relics and images deferred; of faith that Saints may be invoked—yet not necessary that each Catholic actually invoke them (Holden)

Relics and images matter most for Saint-honor but are reserved for a later dispute.

Of faith: Saints may be licitly invoked—yet not that every Catholic must actually invoke them.

Holden: invocation is useful, not a binding actual duty; some Catholics are saved who never invoked Saints.

Romana closes at LXXVII; next frontier is Pars Secunda (Reformata).

Latin

LXXVII. Porro ad honorem Sanctorum in Ecclesia Romana, maxime facere videtur cultus qui defertur eorum reliquiis, & imagines quae illorum locis sacris statuuntur, & variis modis coluntur, sed ista speciali disputationi reservare visum est. Hic solum monendum superest rem quidem esse de fide in Ecclesia Romana, ut credamus Sanctos licite & pie invocari posse: caeterum fatentur non esse necesse, ut fideles singuli Sanctos orent & invocent: posse enim aliquem ad salutem pervenire, Deum per Christum invocando, absque tali invocatione. Ut videre est apud Henricum Holden de resolutione fidei lib. 2. cap. 7. Profitemur quidem, inquit, posse Sanctos haud inutiliter invocari: sed teneri Catholicos omnes ad actuale hujusmodi invocationis exercitium, nullatenus tanquam veritatem Christianam asserimus. Poterunt namque salvari, imo & reipsa salvantur forsan aliqui Catholici, qui Sanctos in caelo coronatos nunquam invocaverunt.

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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