Sum of Roman Councils: relative honorary adoration is owed—kiss, bow, incense—not latria; ask nothing from the image
Roman Councils agree: images are owed cult—kiss, salute, bow, incense, lights—and may be called ‘adoration.’
But only relative/subaltern adoration, ending in the prototype—not latria, not petitions, not trust or divinity in the image.
Latin
XV. Ex quibus manifestum est, juxta doctrinam Ecclesiae Romanae, & Conciliorum illius placita, primo cultum aliquem, honorem & venerationem imaginibus Christi & sanctorum deberi. Secundo cultum illum legitime exhiberi imagines osculando, salutando & amplectendo, coram eis procumbendo, & caput aperiendo, ac ipsis offerendo suffitus & luminaria. Denique cultum illum adorationis voce recte exprimi. Non tamen imagines ut Deos adorandas esse, & cultu latriae colendas, id est, adoratione summa & absoluta, quae uni vero Deo reservanda est; sed adorationem quae illis exhiberi debet, subalternam esse sive relativam, & referri ad prototypa, atque in eis terminari. Adeoque ab imaginibus nihil esse petendum, nec ponendam esse in iis fiduciam, nec ullam divinitatem & virtutem iis tribui debere.
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.