Theological Theses · §1000 · Louis Le Blanc de Beaulieu

Faith is the gospel condition for being held just—then: does faith alone justify?

Best: faith is the gospel condition under which God holds us just in Christ.

Next question: sola fide—Protestant consensus, but teach it carefully against abuse.

Latin

XXV. Nihil ergo probabilius, simplicius, Scripturae magis congruum dici potest, quam justificationem ideo fidei tribui, quia fides conditio est quam Evangelium a nobis exigit, ut apud Deum justi & insontes habeamur, ac sicut cum talibus nobiscum agat Deus, nos propter Christum a poenis peccato debitis eximens, & regni coelestis haeredes instituens. Sed venit hic alia quaestio discutenda, nempe, An fides sola justificet? Solam justificare communis & recepta est Protestantium doctrina; quae tamen cum cautione tradenda & exponenda est, ne quis sit errori & calumniae locus.

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Louis Le Blanc, a Reformed professor at Sedan, sets out theology in theses argued against Rome: Scripture, faith, grace, free choice, good works and the saints.

This volume holds the Theses on Theology I–XLIII and On Faith I–XXII, in eighteen sections.

Louis Le Blanc de Beaulieu (1614–1675) was minister and professor of theology at the Academy of Sedan, the Reformed school on France's eastern border. His Theses were disputed by students over many years and collected in a London folio (1675).

The Theological Theses range across the whole Reformed system — Scripture, God, predestination, grace, and justifying faith — in the crisp thesis-and-proof form of the seventeenth-century schools.

Date1675 AD (Sedan theses; London collection)

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Reference

ESTC R17887; Wing L802. IA bub_gb_eOkHAW4G0-wC (+ EEBO 1675 for gap leaves).

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