Theological Theses · §1504 · Louis Le Blanc de Beaulieu

Every altar is also sanctified in honor of God, Mary, and all Saints—beyond any single tomb-ratio

Each altar gets a title Saint (possible tomb-ratio)—and also a general sanctification to God, Mary, and all Saints.

That universal honor outruns Bellarmino’s tumulus-only leave.

Latin

XXIV. Ubi observandum est altare quodlibet sanctificari quidem in nomen & memoriam singularis alicujus Sancti, a quo suam accipit denominationem, & cujus respectu poterit habere rationem tumuli, ut loquitur Bellarminus: Verum omnia & singula altaria sanctificari praeterea, non tantum in honorem Dei omnipotentis, sed & in honorem Virginis Mariae, ac omnium Sanctorum, ad quos nihil pertinet ratio illa tumuli, sub qua solum licitum est, ex nuper allata Bellarmini doctrina, altaria Sanctis dedicari.

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