Living faith justifies us—but is not the righteousness we stand in
Only living, efficacious faith is in view when Scripture says we are justified by faith.
Even that faith is not the righteousness we stand in before God—it flees to mercy.
Latin
VI. Quoties ergo fide justificari dicimur, id intelligendum est, non de fide mortua, sed viva, non de otiosa, sed de efficaci, ex qua nova obedientia, & bona opera prodeunt, & quae secum affert vitae totius immutationem. Porro inter Theologos Protestantes certum est fidem, etiam vivam & efficacem, non esse justitiam illam per quam coram severo Dei judicio stamus, aut justitiae illius partem vel initium. Etenim, cum fidei praecipuum officium sit ad misericordiam divinam confugere, qua ratione per eam, & illius virtute posset homo ferre rigidum justitiae divinae examen? cum repugnantia sint, egere Dei misericordia, & posse justitiam illius provocare.
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.