Reply to the minor's confirmation: rash doubt does not unsettle the instructed
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As for the confirmation of the minor — that Scripture's books are doubtful apart from the Church because many books were foisted on the Apostles and genuine writings were doubted — the reply is that what is doubtful to the ignorant, the perverse, or the poorly taught can still be certain for the faithful and devout who are well taught and enlightened by the Holy Spirit.
Rash, unjust doubt from some people does nothing to shake the certainty of those with sound judgment.
Latin
XXV. Ad minoris vero confirmationem, qua probatum est Scripturae sacrae libros esse dubios citra Ecclesiae authoritatem, quoniam multi libri Apostolis suppositi sunt, & de veris eorum scriptis dubitatum est. Resp. quod dubium est hominibus ignaris, perversis, aut non satis instructis, posse tamen esse certum fidelibus & piis, qui abunde instructi sunt, & a Spiritu sancto illuminati. Nec enim temeraria & injusta quorundam dubitatio quicquam obest certitudini hominum sani judicii.