Sola fide means: not by law's perfect works, but by living efficacious faith
Sola fide: not law's uninterrupted perfect obedience, but living efficacious faith in Christ.
Law's justifying works = flawless observance—Fac et vives—or the curse.
Latin
XXXII. Sed quum Scriptura dicit hominem justificari fide, & non operibus, seu sine operibus, quod nos dicimus sola fide justificari, sensus simpliciter est, neminem justificari posse praestando opera quae lex ab homine requirit, ut per eam justificetur: sed solum credendo in Christum fide viva & efficaci, quod postulat Evangelium, ut apud Deum pro justis habeamur. Per opera autem quae lex proprie sumpta, & ut opponitur gratiae, sive Evangelio, exigit ad hominis justificationem, intelligitur, perfecta & nullo unquam peccato interrupta, omnium mandatorum legis observatio, quae omnem transgressionem, & omne peccatum excludit. Lex enim dicit, Fac & vives, &, Qui fecerit ea vivet in eis. Maledictionem vero districte denunciat omnibus peccatoribus atque transgressoribus, dum ait, Maledictus omnis qui non permanserit in omnibus quae scripta sunt in libro legis hujus, ut faciat ea.
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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