Bellarmino’s basilica-as-relic-chest is not limited to relic sites—basilicas also summon the named Patron for cult and prayer
Do not over-read Bellarmino’s relic-chest image as relic-only.
He also allows basilicas so the name itself summons worshippers to honor and pray to that Patron.
Latin
XIX. Porro quod supra dixit Bellarminus aedes sacras erigi Sanctis, ut ornentur eorum sepulcra, & ad commoditatem illorum qui visitant Sanctorum reliquias; adeoque basilicas, quae de Sanctorum nomine vocantur, esse thecas quasdam majores, quibus minores thecae, & ipsa Sanctorum Sepulchra clauduntur; sic accipiendum non est, quasi, juxta Bellarmini mentem, non liceret aedem sacram aedificare Sancto, nisi ubi sunt ejus reliquiae: aut quasi aedes sacra non alia ratione Sancto dicata diceretur, quam quia servandis ejus reliquiis destinata est. Nam Bellarminus ipse eodem in loco mentem suam explicans, docet Basilicas erigi posse Sanctis, in hunc finem ut qui illuc conveniunt, ipso Basilicae nomine admoniti, ibi tanquam Patronum colant & deprecantur Sanctum cujus nomen praefert, & in cujus honorem & memoriam consecrata dicitur.
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.