Theological Theses · §1413 · Louis Le Blanc de Beaulieu

Bellarmine: images of Christ and the Saints venerated per se and properly, not only as stand-ins

Bellarmine's proposition: images of Christ and the Saints are venerated per se and properly.

They terminate veneration as considered in themselves—not only as stand-ins for the exemplar (De Ecclesia triumphante II.21).

Latin

XLIV. Ita quoque sentit Bellarminus cujus haec est propositio, Imagines Christi & Sanctorum venerandae sunt, non solum per accidens, vel improprie, sed etiam per se et proprie, ita ut ipsae terminent venerationem ut in se considerantur, & non solum ut vicem gerunt exemplaris. De Ecclesia triumphante libro secundo capite vigesimo primo.

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