Theological Theses · §1644 · Louis Le Blanc de Beaulieu

So Laodicea and Theodoret condemn naming and praying to angels, and Petavius admits Rome does both

So in the judgment of the fathers of the Synod of Laodicea, and of Theodoret who expounds their canon, to name angels and pray to angels in order to win God's goodwill through them is to give angels unlawful worship and to sin against the Apostle's command, which condemns the cult and religion of angels.

Building oratories to angels, and to Saint Michael himself, belongs to the custom of the old heretics, not to the practice of the orthodox Church. How well that fits the present practice of the Roman Church I leave everyone to judge. For that church, as the Jesuit Dionysius Petavius admits and observes, "seeks the protection and patronage of angels with prayers and vows, and puts them forward as mediators with God; it also raises oratories and basilicas in their honor, and dedicates festal and joyful days to their worship" (Theological Dogmas, book 2, chapter 9, number 13).

Latin

LXXXVII. Igitur ex mente Patrum Synodi Laodicenae & Theodoreti Canonem illius exponentis, Angelos nominare, & Angelos precari, ut per eos divinam benevolentiam nobis conciliemus, est cultum illicitum Angelis exhibere, & peccare contra praeceptum Apostoli damnantis Angelorum culturam & Religionem. Et ad veterum haereticorum morem, non ad usum Ecclesiae Orthodoxae pertinet, Oratoria Angelis, & ipsi Sancto Michaeli struere: quod quam belle congruat cum hodierna praxi Ecclesiae Romanae judicandum omnibus relinquo. Siquidem illa, ut fatetur & observat Dionysius Petavius Jesuita, Angelorum praesidium & patrocinium precibus & votis ambit, eosque Mediatores ad Deum allegat; tum oratoria & basilicas in illorum honorem excitat, ac festos dies & hilares eorum dicat cultui. Theol. dogm. lib. 2. cap. 9. num. 13.

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