Assent belongs to faith’s essence — Ames departs from common Reformed doctrine
Some (Ames) doubt whether assent is faith’s formal essential act — calling assent an act of faith but locating faith itself in certain will-acts.
Le Blanc: Ames leaves common Reformed (and all Christian schools’) doctrine that assent belongs to faith’s essence.
To believe the Gospel as one ought is nothing but due assent — and Paul names believing God raised Jesus as a saving-faith act.
Latin
XCIV. De ipso assensu dubitant nonnulli an sit actus fidei formalis & essentialis: ut observavimus supra de Amesio, qui docet assensum esse actum fidei, non proprie ipsam fidem; quam constituit potius in quibusdam voluntatis actibus a nobis ante recensitis. Sed Amesius in eo deserit communem doctrinam Scholae Reformatae, quae statuit cum reliquis omnibus Scholis Christianis, assensum ad fidei essentiam pertinere. Et certe quis cum aliqua ratione negare possit credere Evangelio sicut oportet, esse fidei actum? At credere sicut oportet Evangelio, quid est aliud quam ei debito modo assentire? Et nonne Paulus ipse expresse ponit ut actum fidei salvificae, credere quod Deus Jesum suscitavit a mortuis?
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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