Theological Theses · §1074 · Louis Le Blanc de Beaulieu

Main dispute: are we formally justified by inherent justice?

Despite much agreement on nature of regenerate holiness, a heated question remains: are we formally justified before God by inherent justice?

Rome after Trent says yes; Protestants with great consent say no—minds must be stated clearly.

Latin

XL. Quamvis autem in multis quae hactenus recensuimus, circa naturam & meri-tum justitiae, & sanctitatis quae regenitis inest, inter se consentiant Protestantes & Pontificii; inter eos tamen quaestio est magna contentione animorum agitata, An per justitiam quae nobis inhaeret formaliter coram Deo justificemur? quod affirmant Pontificii, post Concilium Tridentinum, Protestantes vero magno consensu negant. De cujus quaestionis statu atque momento, ut recte judicetur, necesse est partium con-tendentium mentem distinctius & clarius exponere.

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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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