Ecclesiastical traditions fall under Isaiah — later pastors' human precepts
Note Rome's own concession: Christ rebuked traditions from teachers later than Moses and the Prophets.
By the same right, so-called Ecclesiastical traditions fall — rites and worship practices invented by later pastors and doctors, not by Christ or the Apostles — and those make up much of Rome's system.
They are no less human commandments than the Jewish elders' once were.
Isaiah's words, cited and confirmed by Christ, fit them equally: In vain they worship Me, teaching doctrines and commandments of men (Isaiah 29:13; Matthew 15:9; Mark 7:7).
Latin
XXIX. Praeterea valde notandum est quod in sua responsione adversarii concedunt, nempe Christum ibi reprehendere traditiones quasdam a quibusdam Mose & Prophetis recentioribus acceptas. Etenim inde sequitur pari saltem jure damnandas, & rejiciendas esse traditiones illas quas Pontificii Ecclesiasticas vocant, id est, multa quibus putatur Deus coli, & quae tamen nec Christus, nec Apostoli ejus instituerunt, sed Pastores & Doctores posteriorum saeculorum: quae certe traditiones magnam partem constituunt institutorum Ecclesiae Romanae. Nam traditiones illae non sunt minus mandata & praecepta hominum quam quae olim a senioribus Judaeorum instituta erant. Ideoque non minus in illas congruunt Isaiae verba a Christo prolata, atque confirmata, Frustra colunt me docentes doctrinas & mandata hominum.
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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