A Candid Inquiry into the Controversies among Evangelicals · §310

Annotatio VI §.II close: Epitome samples (faith/works, Supper, humanity’s capacity) — stop before §.III

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That faith does not justify without good works (i.e. solitary faith does not justify); that good works are necessary to salvation; that faith in Christ is not lost and the Spirit still dwells even when someone sins knowingly in act only.

That Christ’s body is not taken corporeally with the bread but only bread and wine by mouth, the body spiritually by faith; that the faithful must look to heaven rather than seek the body in the supper elements; that unbelieving communicants receive only bread and wine.

That Christ according to the humanity is incapable of divine omnipotence and the other infinite properties; that the greatest power given to His humanity still has no communication with God’s omnipotence (Epitome antitheses to Arts. 3–4, 7–8).

Stop before §. III (if Lutherans dropped this acerbic mode / swapped damnations for bare rejections, the door to fraternity would stand open).

Latin

Fidem non justificare sine bonis operibus, i. e. Fidem solitariam non justificare, Antithes. XI. ad Artic. 3. p. m. 560. Bona opera necessaria ad salutem esse, Antit. I. ad Art. 4. p. m. 563. Fidem in Christum non amitti, & Spiritum S. nihilominus in homine habitare, etiamsi sciens volens (puta actu duntaxat, non habitu, & semiplenâ voluntate) peccet homo. Ibidem, Ant. 3. Corpus Christi in S. Coena non corporaliter una cum pane sumi, sed tantum Panem & Vinum ore accipi, Corpus verò Christi spiritualiter, i. e. Fide sumi. Antit. 5. ad Art. 7. p. m. 574. Fideles Corpus & sanguinem Christi non in Pane & Vino Coenae Dominicae quaerere, sed oculos in Coelum attollere, & inde Corpus Christi petere debere. Ibid. Antith. 15. p. 575. Infideles & impaenitentes Christianos in Coena Domini, non verum Corpus & Sanguinem Christi, sed Panem tantum & vinum sumere. Antit. 16. p. m. 575. Christum secundum Humanitatem (eóque finitam Naturam) Omnipotentiae, aliarumque Proprietatum Divinae Naturae (eóque Infinitarum), prorsus non esse capacem. Christo, item, secundum humanitatem, datam quidem maximam potestatem in Coelo & in Terra, videlicet majorem & ampliorem, quàm omnes Angeli & Creaturae acceperunt, sed tamen cum Omnipotentia Dei nullam habere communicationem, neg. Omnipotentiam divinam illi (h. e. humanae Naturae) datam esse, Antit. 15. & 16. ad Art. 8. p. m. 582.

About this text

Samuel Strimesius — Prefatio through Controversiae Post Lutherum Controv. III-XIII + XV Tolerantia, Hexades Annotationum Prooemium and Annotatio I through Decem Theses / Francus plus Annotatio II §.I-§.VI and Annotatio III §.I–§.VII (through Cassellanum 1661) from Ingenua in Controversias Evangelicorum (Frankfurt an der Oder, 1708). Honest partial; Prefatio silence reasons, Annotatio III §.VIII+ fruits / §.IX+, Hexades theses body, deeper Controversiae / Part II remain.

English follows the locked 1708 Francofurti ad Viadrum Latin of Prefatio §I–II, Crimina defenses through III, Part I Protheoria through Controversiae Obices/Historia/Varii gradus, Formula Discord/Disparitas, Ulterius confirmatur / Classes / Formula protest / triplex differentia, Coena Domini Controversiae Priores through Precariae Hypotheses (Controv. print pp. 34–40), Controversiae Post Lutherum Natae Controv. III–XV tip (providence through De Tolerantia mutua; Controv. print pp. 40–78), Hexades Annotationum Prooemium H.I–§.III (Hexades print pp. 1–4 / PDF ~182–185), and Annotatio I De Augustana Confessione §.I–§.VIII tip (Hexades print pp. 5–24+ / PDF ~186–205+), reconstructed from Google Books PDF page images (ONB copy, id 3epYAAAAcAAJ) with pdftotext as check. No modern English was copied. Sister Halle digitization of Ingenua in Arminianismum (DOI 10.25673/65287) remains Anubis-blocked — skipped; Controversias only. Prefatio silence reasons, Annotatio I §.IX+, Hexades theses body beyond §.VIII, and remainder of Controversiae / folio remain.

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