Theological Theses · §2698 · Louis Le Blanc de Beaulieu

A state of the question that does not exist

Thesis XXVIII. Hence, resting on this false assumption, they frame between us and them a state of the controversy that does not exist at all, namely 'whether justified people, helped by the Lord's grace, can fulfil the divine law in such a way that their works not only should not be called sins but truly and properly deserve to be called righteous.' These are Bellarmine's words in the chapter 10 already cited.

In line with them is what we read in Gabriel Vasquez, volume 2 on the Prima Secundae, disputation 212, whose title asks 'whether righteous people can fulfil the law in such a way that their works are not only not sins but are to be called righteous.'

Latin

XXVIII. Unde est quod, hac falsa nitentes hypothesi, cum inter nos & ipsos controversiae statum ponunt qui plane nullus est, hunc scilicet, Utrum homines justificati, & gratia Domini adjuvante, possint ita legem divinam implere, ut opera ipsorum, non modo non sint appellanda peccata, sed etiam vere ac proprie justa dici mereantur. Quae sunt verba Bellarmini capite illo 10. jam citato. Quibus conformia sunt quae leguntur apud Gabrielem Vasquez tom. 2. in 1. 2. disp. 212. cujus titulus est, An justi homines possint ita adimplere legem, ut ipsorum opera, non modo non sint peccata, sed etiam justa dicenda sint.

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