Faith principles are Scripture itself — dogmas vs school theological truths
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The principles of faith are contained in Scripture because they are Scripture itself — not something outside it — and not because they must or can be proved from Scripture.
Everything else in religion and sacred doctrine either is proved by express texts, or drawn from Scripture by open, near consequences (what properly count as dogmas of faith), or only fetched by more remote, less plain consequences from Scripture's deeper store (many theological truths taught in the Orthodox schools).
Latin
III. Ac praeterea fidei principia Scriptura quidem contineri, quoniam sunt ipsa Scriptura, non aliquid extra Scripturam; non quod ex Scriptura sacra probari debeant aut possint. Reliqua vero omnia quae ad religionem & doctrinam sacram pertinent, vel disertis textibus probari, aut ex Scripturis per apertas & proximas consequentias deduci, cujusmodi sunt ea quae proprie dogmata fidei appellari debent: vel solummodo per consequentias remotiores & minus evidentes ex reconditiore Scripturae penu veluti depromi, cujusmodi sunt multae Theologicae veritates in Scholis Orthodoxis proponi & doceri solitae.