Jewish tradition is no model — Christ rebuked it as voiding God's law
Yes, Jews had unwritten traditions — Christ called them out for voiding God's law by them.
Isaiah applied: in vain they worship me with commandments of men.
God disapproved; Christ rebuked — no rule for the church.
Today's Moses-mouth boasts show how well oral tradition preserves truth: trifles and blasphemous dreams.
Latin
XXVII. Respondeo, quod ad Judaeos attinet, illos quidem jam olim habuisse traditiones non scriptas. At quales essent & quanti faciendae docet Christus, dum Judaeis exprobrat illos traditionibus suis legem Dei & ejus mandata abrogasse & rejecisse, dumque iis applicat verba Dei apud Isaiam, Frustra colunt me mandatis hominum. Itaque habuerunt quidem traditiones suas, sed Deo improbante, & increpante Christo, tantum abest ut eorum exemplum nobis imitandum sit & habendum pro regula. Quanta vero sit vis traditionis non scriptae, & quam aptum sit medium ad propagandam atque conservandam veritatem, manifestum facere possunt hodiernae Judaeorum traditiones, quas ex ore Mosis se habere gloriantur, cum tamen non sint nisi merae nugae, & impia, putidissima, ac saepe blasphema somnia.
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.