Historic vs dogmatic: Romans misread Reformed historic faith
Rome dislikes the Reformed historic label and prefers dogmatic, but most Romans misread historic as mere human assent to Scripture stories.
Reformed historic faith names divine assent to the whole Word that remains idle and speculative — commonly called dead faith.
Latin
XLVI. Non probant quoque, ut supra notatum est, Ecclesiae Romanae Doctores quod Reformati fidem illam historicam appellant, & dogmaticam potius dici malunt. Sed ut patet ex dictis, falluntur eorum plerique, dum putant Reformatos per historicam fidem intelligere solum illum assensum qui historiis Scripturae adhibetur, & quo historiae illae verae esse creduntur fide tantum humana, qualis etiam profanis historicis adhiberi solet. Etenim, ut jam dictum, Reformati fidei historicae nomine designant illam etiam quae divina quidem est, & toti Dei Verbo assensum praebet, sed otiosa tamen est & mere speculativa, quae communiter nomen fidei mortuae obtinet.
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.