Theological Theses · §1609 · Louis Le Blanc de Beaulieu

Both sides agree the honor of saints is not of one species with divine worship

It is also clear from this that the teachers of the Roman school agree with the Reformed that the honor owed to holy men and angels does not fall under one univocal genus with divine worship, and so is not of the same species. Nor is that honor religious in the proper and strict sense, but only in a broader and less proper sense. In that sense, eminent theologians among the Reformed expressly allow that the honor owed to the saints may be called religious.

Latin

LII. Praeterea inde patet Scholae Romanae Doctores, cum Reformatis agnoscere cultum qui Sanctis hominibus & Angelis debetur, non sub eodem genere univoco cum divino cultu contineri; ac proinde non esse ejusdem cum illo speciei: nec cultum istum Religiosum esse, proprie & stricte loquendo: sed solum latiori quadam & minus propria significatione: juxta quam cultum qui Sanctis debetur religiosum dici posse expresse admittunt inter Reformatos insignes Theologi.

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