Opening: Scripture sufficiently contains all that belongs to faith and salvation
The Churches that left Rome in the last century hold this steadily: sacred Scripture sufficiently contains everything that belongs to faith and salvation — so that we do not need another word of God to fill what Scripture supposedly lacks.
Rome’s doctors and champions attack that claim fiercely. The dispute is serious; we take it up in these theses and a few that follow.
For clarity we will first state our Churches’ view as plainly as we can, then compare the adversaries’ view with ours so the real question stands out, and finally confirm the truth briefly and undercut the opposite case.
Latin
I. Ecclesiarum, quae secessionem ab Ecclesia Romana fecerunt superiori saeculo, constans sententia est, Scripturam sacram, omnia quae ad fidem & salutem pertinent, sufficienter continere: ita ut opus non sit alio Dei verbo, unde ea, quae desunt Scripturae, suppleantur. Ecclesiae vero Romanae Doctores & propugnatores sententiam illam acerrime impugnant, estque ea de re gravis controversia, quam hisce thesibus & sequentibus aliquot tractare aggredimur. Ut autem distinctius & clarius id fiat, Ecclesiarum nostrarum sententiam quam dilucide & distincte a nobis fieri poterit exponemus. Deinde inquiremus in sententiam adversariorum, illamque cum nostra conferentes, manifestum reddemus quid proprie sit illud quod in quaestione est. Ac denique veritatem paucis confirmabimus, & adversae sententiae fundamenta subruemus.
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.