Creatures act only secundum quid — God from Himself absolutely
Top creatures self-move only secundum quid.
Acts 17 / 1 Cor 12: first mover works all in all.
God alone acts from Himself simply and absolutely.
Latin
XII. Etenim creaturarum viventium nobilissimae atque praestantissimae a seipsis quidem agunt & moventur: sed secundum quid non vero simpliciter. Etenim non solum a Deo essentiam & virtutem operandi habent, & per eum continuo subsistunt atque conservantur: sed earum nullae agunt nisi a Deo primo agente actae: nec ullae earum moventur nisi virtute Dei primi motoris, in quo vivimus, movemur, & sumus, ut testatur Apostolus Actor. 17. & qui operatur omnia in omnibus juxta ejusdem Apostoli doctrinam: 1 Cor. 12. Deus autem a seipso agit simpliciter & absolute. Nec enim ab ullo in agendo pendet. Et, cum sit primus motor, ita seipsum movet, ut ab alio nullo moveatur.
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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