Enough for Christians; moderation in the schools
Thesis LXXXIII. In my judgment these points, which no one questions, ought to be enough for all Christians, without further and more curious inquiry into the inmost nature of human freedom, into how grace works in us, or into how its efficacy is to be reconciled with the freedom of our choice; on these Scripture gives no distinct, clear and express pronouncements.
If anyone insists that it is permissible to philosophize about these matters further and more precisely in the schools, it would at least be desirable to do so with the greatest restraint, and with a sincere admission of our own darkness and ignorance in such hard matters. That would take all bitterness out of the debates on a subject so weighty and difficult in itself, and would train minds to mutual Christian and brotherly tolerance. May God, by that same grace of his, be pleased to bring this about in those who preside over the Christian schools.
Latin
LXXXIII. Ista quae nullus in dubium vocat, Christianis omnibus meo judicio sufficere deberent, absque ulteriori & curiosiori investigatione, tum intimae naturae libertatis humanae, tum modi quo gratia in nobis operatur, & quo etiam ejus efficacia cum arbitrii nostri libertate concilianda est; de quibus nulla diserta, clara, & expressa extant Scripturae oracula. Si quis tamen pertendat licere de his rebus ulterius & accuratius in Scholis Philosophari, optandum saltem esset id fieri summa cum animi moderatione, & agnitione syncera propriae nostrae caliginis atque ignorantiae in rebus tam arduis quae omnem ex disputationibus, circa materiam per se tam gravem atque difficilem, acerbitatem tolleret, & animos ad mutuam Christianam & fraternam tolerantiam formaret. Quod Deus per eandem illam suam gratiam in iis qui Scholis Christianis praesunt, praestare velit.