Pars II open — summary of our churches' plenitude teaching
From the preceding theses on Scripture's plenitude and sufficiency — as clearly as we could — we have set out our Churches' teaching.
In short: once God willed his word consigned in writing, the Church in the sacred books had all that each age and God's varied dispensation made so needful to salvation that no one could teach, defend, or hold the contrary without loss of salvation.
Or the same point: sacred Scripture has always held all that belongs to the body and substance of religion and is necessary by God's institution — though many circumstances of worship and church discipline were left to the Church's power, not prescribed one by one in Scripture.
Latin
I. Ex THEISIBUS praecedentibus de Scripturae plenitudine & sufficientia, quam distincte & dilucide a nobis fieri potuit, exposita est nostrarum Ecclesiarum sententia. Ut vero rem totam in pauca contrahamus, huc illa redire videtur, nempe, ex quo Deus verbum suum scriptis consignari voluit, Ecclesiam in libris sacris habuisse omnia quae pro singulis aetatibus, & varia Dei dispensatione ad salutem ita necessaria erant, ut nemo posset citra salutis dispendium contrarium docere, tueri ac tenere: sive quod eodem recidit, Scripturam sacram semper continuisse omnia quae ad corpus & substantiam religionis pertinebant, & ex Dei instituto necessaria erant, quamvis determinatio multarum circumstantiarum quae ad divini cultus, & Ecclesiasticae disciplinae exercitium pertinent, fuerit potestati Ecclesiae permissa, non sigillatim in Scriptura praescripta.
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.