Theological Theses · §1406 · Louis Le Blanc de Beaulieu

Second distinction: honor propter se vs propter aliud—rational nature vs sacred signs

Second cut: honor on account of itself vs on account of another.

Only rational nature is venerable propter se; sacred signs are venerable only propter aliud, because their excellence hangs entirely on the holy thing they represent.

Latin

XXXVII. Secundo dicunt posse aliquid honorari propter se, vel propter aliud. Id honoratur, inquiunt, propter se, quod habet in se rationem venerationis non dependentem aliunde; & hoc modo sola natura rationalis est venerabilis. Propter aliud honoratur id, quod habet in se quidem causam honoris, sed illa causa tota pendet ab alio. Et hoc modo signa rerum sacrarum sunt venerabilia: habent enim in se relationem similitudinis, sive repraesentationem rei sacrae, & proinde quandam excellentiam, sed illa tota pendet ab ipsa re sacra.

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