First falsehoods: as if the Reformed denied the personal union, the natures' communion, or the Mediator's majesty
After much debate among themselves, and mazes of words and distinctions, even inside the Book of Concord, the first falsehoods of the harsher brethren against us finally show up in this controversy.
They talk as if the Reformed deny — which they never did — the personal union and the natures' undivided bond; or the natures' communion in the person of the God-man (Θεάνθρωπος); or common possession of the properties, yet as belonging to the person as the subject-which (subjectum quod), in their phrase; or the majesty of Christ the man, and the power of the mediatorial office that is his as well (Matthew 28:18).
Latin
Ac post multam inter eos ipsos disceptationem, & vocum ac distinctionum ambages, in ipso Libro Concordiae, tandem iniquiorum in nos Fratrum πρῶτα ψεύδη deprehenduntur in hac Controv. Quasi scil. negent Reformati (quod fecere nunquam) vel Personalem Unionem & indivulsam Naturarum; Vel Communionem earum in Persona Θεανθρώπῳ; Vel communem Proprietatum possessionem; sed quae sit Personae, tanquam subjecti quod, ut loquuntur; Vel Majestatem Christi Hominis, & potestatem Officii Mediatorii illi quoque competentem, Matth. XXVIII. 18.
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Samuel Strimesius — Prefatio through Controversiae Post Lutherum Controv. III-XIII + XV Tolerantia, Hexades Annotationum Prooemium and Annotatio I through Decem Theses / Francus plus Annotatio II §.I-§.VI and Annotatio III §.I–§.VII (through Cassellanum 1661) from Ingenua in Controversias Evangelicorum (Frankfurt an der Oder, 1708). Honest partial; Prefatio silence reasons, Annotatio III §.VIII+ fruits / §.IX+, Hexades theses body, deeper Controversiae / Part II remain.
English follows the locked 1708 Francofurti ad Viadrum Latin of Prefatio §I–II, Crimina defenses through III, Part I Protheoria through Controversiae Obices/Historia/Varii gradus, Formula Discord/Disparitas, Ulterius confirmatur / Classes / Formula protest / triplex differentia, Coena Domini Controversiae Priores through Precariae Hypotheses (Controv. print pp. 34–40), Controversiae Post Lutherum Natae Controv. III–XV tip (providence through De Tolerantia mutua; Controv. print pp. 40–78), Hexades Annotationum Prooemium H.I–§.III (Hexades print pp. 1–4 / PDF ~182–185), and Annotatio I De Augustana Confessione §.I–§.VIII tip (Hexades print pp. 5–24+ / PDF ~186–205+), reconstructed from Google Books PDF page images (ONB copy, id 3epYAAAAcAAJ) with pdftotext as check. No modern English was copied. Sister Halle digitization of Ingenua in Arminianismum (DOI 10.25673/65287) remains Anubis-blocked — skipped; Controversias only. Prefatio silence reasons, Annotatio I §.IX+, Hexades theses body beyond §.VIII, and remainder of Controversiae / folio remain.
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