Opinion 1 — moral works before justifying grace
First opinion: pre-grace moral works as meritorious cause.
Foresaw natural free-choice goodness → congruous grace.
Named: Thomas of Argentina, Gabriel, Ockham, Javellus.
Latin
V. Super qua re variae sunt & fuerunt in Schola Romana sententiae. Primo enim reperti sunt Scholastici nonnulli, qui existimarunt causam meritoriam praedestinationis, quoad omnes ejus effectus esse bona opera moralia antecedentia gratiam justificationis. Nempe Deum ab aeterno ad gratiam & salutem aeternam elegisse, quos praevidit, citra gratiam ullam supernaturalem, ex liberi arbitrii viribus bene acturos moraliter, & sic sese ad gratiam quodammodo praeparaturos: Deumque ad illam dandam ex congruitate quadam invitaturos esse. Hanc sententiam tribuit Gregorius de Valentia Thomae de Argentina, Gabrieli, & Occam veteribus Scholasticis: itemque Chrysostomo Javello Dominicano, qui superiori saeculo scribebat.
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)
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