Theological Theses · §622 · Louis Le Blanc de Beaulieu

No infinite regress of divine testimonies — must stop somewhere

Cannot solve by another prior divine testimony endlessly.

NT can confirm OT — parts witness to parts.

Must stop in some divine testimony where the mind rests without prior other.

Latin

XXIV. Nec etiam hic recurrere potest ad alterum quoddam Dei testimonium quo Dei verbum innotescat. Nam una quidem verbi divini pars potest alteri parti testimonium perhibere, & una revelatio per aliam confirmari, atque innotescere, quemadmodum Novum Testamentum testimonium Veteri perhibet, & authoritatem illius confirmat. Sed hic dari non potest progressus in infinitum, & sistendum est tandem in aliquo Dei testimonio, in quo mens acquiescat, & quod non debeat per prius aliud innotescere.

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