A Candid Inquiry into the Controversies among Evangelicals · §548

Annotatio IV §.XII: Rom 1 applied — glory of God exchanged for images and bread-foam

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So far that Paul’s charge against the Gentiles (Romans) fits most of this age’s Christian Church:

Knowing God they did not glorify Him; claiming to be wise they became fools and exchanged the glory of the incorruptible God for fashioned images of every kind — and the foam of bread for posterity to adore.

Latin

adeo, ut Christianæ istius Seculi Ecclesiæ, ex majori sui parte consideratæ, applicari illud debeat, quod Paulus de Ethnicis ad Romanos scribit: Proptereà, quòd cùm Deum noverint, tamen ut Deum non glorificaverunt, sed vani facti sunt in ratiocinationibus suis & obtenebratum est Cor eorum, intelligentiâ carens, cùm se dictitant Sapientes, stulti facti sunt & mutarunt gloriam DEI incorruptibilis in efformatas omnis generis imagines panisque spumam, olim à posteris suis adorandam.

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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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