Authority absolute or compared; absolutely it is divine because from God; Raymond of Sabunde
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III.That authority is viewed either absolutely in itself, by its own nature as it is, or comparatively by reason of our cognition.
IV.Absolutely and in itself, by the reason of its nature, it is divine, because it is from God.So Paul testifies (1 Thessalonians 2:13; 2 Timothy 3:16; 1 Peter 1:21).Raymond of Sabunde (Natural Theology ch. 209) writes truly: Since it is an honor to believe someone on his words, a human being ought to believe God — first of Himself, without another witness, purely on His bare word.If I refuse to believe God's words because He says them, and hunt another proof, then I trust someone else more than God.
Latin
III. Eaque spectatur vel absolute in se ratione naturae suae, ut est, vel comparate ratione nostrae cognitionis.
IV. Absolute & in se ratione suae naturae, est divina, quia est a Deo.
Sic testatur Paulus 1. Thess. 2.v.13. 2. Tim. 3.v.16. 1. Pet. 1.21… Raimundus de Sabunde… Cum honor sit credere alicui in verbis ejus, sequitur quod homo debet credere DEO… sine alio testimonio… Si enim non volo credere verbis DEI propterea quia ipse dicit, sed quaero aliam probationem, tunc magis credo alicui alteri quam DEO.