Neither Pope nor Council can show a real title — proof-texts are twisted
Neither Pope nor Council can show a lawful title-deed for the authority they claim.
What they offer with any color is Scripture twisted off its sense.
Example — Luke 22:32 ('I have prayed for you… that your faith may not fail'): Christ promises Peter, about to deny Him, that heart-faith would not be snuffed out and he would rise again — not Roman episcopal infallibility.
Councils lean on Matthew 18:20 ('two or three… in my name'): Christ does not absolutely underwrite every general pastors' council; He promises Spirit-help to any council that uses His means, seeks God's and Christ's glory and the Church's building up, and is not dragged by its own passions.
No pastors' meeting can be known infallibly to have met that condition.
Latin
XLI. Ac profecto nec Papa, nec Concilium, possunt ullum legitimum, tantae authoritatis, quam sibi arrogant, documentum proferre. Nec aliud cum specie aliqua obtendere possunt, quam Scripturae quaedam loca in alienum plane sensum detorta. Sic, exempli gratia, Pontifex probare nititur suam infallibilitatem dicto illo Christi ad Petrum, Rogavi pro te, Petre, ne deficiat fides tua, ubi Christus pollicetur Petro tentationi maximae statim objiciendo, & Christum ipsum ore abnegaturo, tamen ut in ejus corde fides penitus non extingueretur, sed ex eo lapsu resurgeret, & in fide perseveraret: quae nihil omnino pertinent ad Episcopum Romanum, & eam quam sibi tribuit infallibilitatem. Concilia vero Romana ad vendicandam sibi similem authoritatem, praecipue abutuntur illa Christi promissione, ubi duo vel tres erunt congregati in nomine meo, ibi sum in medio eorum. Sed Christus ibi generali Pastorum Concilio nihil absolute promittit; omnibus autem conciliis sive generalibus, sive particularibus pollicetur Spiritus sui assistentiam, modo mediis ab ipso institutis utuntur, ac unice sibi proponant Dei Christique gloriam, & Ecclesiae aedificationem, nec sinant se propriis affectibus abripi. At nullus est Pastorum coetus de quo infallibiliter certi esse possimus, an conditionem illam impleverit.
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.