Theological Theses · §882 · Louis Le Blanc de Beaulieu

Not every dogma needs explicit grasp; privates need not pastor-level defense

Reformed do not require from every believer explicit apprehension of every dogma; knowing fundamental principal mysteries expressly is enough.

Even for those principal mysteries, privates need not the distinct accurate intelligence by which doctors and pastors defend and prove them.

Latin

LXII. Praeterea non negant ad fidem salvificam non necessario a singulis requiri singulorum fidei dogmatum expressam, seu distinctam & explicitam apprehensionem, sed sufficere si expresse noverint fundamentalia atque praecipua fidei mysteria. Imo nequidem respectu praecipuorum istorum fidei mysteriorum necessario a privatis exigunt distinctam atque accuratam illorum intelligentiam, qua istiusmodi mysteria tueri, explicare & probare possint. Quod quidem in Doctore & Pastore necessarium est, in privato ex eorum sententia non item.

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