Placeus, Vermigli, Musculus: essential act is practical assent — especially to Gospel promises
On that line, saving faith’s proper essential act = practical assent to the whole Word, specially to Gospel promises.
Placeus (Saumur): tenacious, efficacious persuasion of what God reveals — specially remission and eternal life through Christ.
Vermigli: assent so strong it draws fiducia, hope, charity, and good works as present weakness allows.
Musculus: consenting heart-assent to what the Word narrates or promises.
Latin
LXXX. Itaque si quis quaerat quis sit proprius & essentialis fidei salvificae actus, secundum mentem Doctorum illorum respondendum est, hunc actum esse assensum practicum toti Verbo Dei adhibitum, sed speciatim promissionibus Evangelii. Quae sententia est Josuae Placei in Thesibus Salmuriensibus, ubi ut supra vidimus, fides ab eo definitur, Tenax & efficax persuasio veritatis eorum quae Verbo Dei nobis revelata sunt, speciatim vero promissionis de remissione peccatorum, & vita aeterna nobis per Christum parta. Et Petri quoque Martyris, cui fides est assensus praebitus Verbo Dei, qui tantarum sit virium & efficaciae, ut trahat secum affectum fiduciae, spei, charitatis, & omnia tandem bona opera, ut praesentis vitae infirmitas patitur. Denique Wolfgangi Musculi, qui fidem definit, Consensum assensum cordis ad ea quae vel narrantur, vel promittuntur Verbo.
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.