Mary virgin in bearing Christ is of faith — perpetual virginity pious, not a salvation article (Basil)
Faith requires Mary's virginity in bearing Christ our Savior.
Basil: what comes after does not belong to the reason of the mystery — to pry is curiosity.
We piously hold her perpetual virginity and count Helvidius rash.
We will not rank it among articles of faith or press it as necessary to salvation.
Latin
XXI. Respondeo fides quidem exigit ut credamus Mariam fuisse virginem, quum peperit Christum servatorem nostrum. τὸ ἐφεξῆς, ut inquit Basilius, εἰς τὴν τοῦ μυστηρίου διάνοιαν οὐκ ἔστι, id est, quod sequitur ad rationem mysterii non pertinet, & de eo inquirere curiosum est. Pie quidem credimus Mariam mansisse perpetuo Virginem, & putamus Helvidium qui contrarium asserere est ausus, merito damnatum fuisse ut hominem temerarium: Non tamen existimamus istud numerandum esse inter fidei articulos, & urgendum esse tanquam rem ad salutem necessariam.
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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