Most simple — first being, first one
Every composition kind removed — God is most simple.
First being = first one; perfect unity bars composition.
Composites depend on prior parts and a unifier — God has neither.
Latin
XXVI. Porro, ex istis apparet Deum esse simplicissimum, & nullam prorsus compositionem in eo reperiri, quandoquidem singula compositionis genera ab eo removimus. Et confirmatur ex eo quod Deus est primum ens, adeoque primum unum. Nam ens & unum convertuntur. Perfecta autem unitas compositionem excludit. Nam quod compositum est, aliquo modo non est unum sed multa, quoniam ex multis constat. Deinde primum ens nihil habet se prius. Sed quicquid compositum est posterius est suis partibus componentibus, & dependet ab illis. Ac denique quae sunt diversa non conveniunt in unum, nisi per aliquam causam uniantur. Deus autem causam non habet.
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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