Wisdom and justice in God name the essence, not accidents

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Objection: God is called wise, just, merciful — are those accidents?

In us those names mark accidents; in God they name the essence itself.

One essence, many names — no single word holds that perfection.

Latin

XVI. At inquies, nonne Deo accidentia multa tribuuntur, veluti sapientia, justitia, bonitas, misericordia, & his similia, unde denominatur sapiens, justus, misericors, & bonus? Respondeo omnia ista non dici eodem modo de Deo, & de nobis. Nam nomina illa in rebus creatis accidentia quaedam notant: sed in Deo designant ipsam illius essentiam, quae propter omnimodam suam perfectionem, & varias operationes, varia sortitur nomina: quoniam unico nomine tanta perfectio significari non potest, nec uno conceptu concipi.

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)
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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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