Musculus: believe about God, believe God, believe in God
Musculus: three degrees/parts — explained differently.
1. Believe certain things about God, Christ, and the Spirit.
2. Believe God — credit His word as infallible Word of God.
3. Believe in God — direct all hope to Him; depend with firm trust on His goodness.
Latin
XXVIII. Musculus similiter fidei tres gradus sive partes assignat. Sed illas aliter explicat. Prima pars fidei ipsi est qua quaedam de Deo credimus: Veluti, quod sit Deus, quod sit unicus, omnipotens coeli & terrae creator, &c. Quod Christus sit Dei filius unigenitus, verus Deus, & verus homo, Redemptor & Mediator noster, &c. Et quod Spiritus Sanctus sit divinitate Patri & Filio aequalis, mentium illuminator, paracletus, doctor, consolator, &c. Secunda fidei pars est qua credimus Deo, hoc est, verbo ejus fidem adhibemus, tanquam Dei Verbo, de cujus veritate prorsus infallibili impium sit dubitare. Tertia fidei pars est qua credimus in Deum. Credere autem in Deum dicit esse spem omnem in Deum dirigere, firmaque fiducia ab illius bonitate pendere. In locis communibus Sacrae Theologiae, loco communi de Fide.
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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