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Propositions and principles of divinity propounded and disputed in the university of GenevaPropositions and principles of diuinitie propounded and disputed in the vniuersitie of Geneua
Propositions and principles of divinity propounded and disputed in the university of Geneva, by certain students of divinity there, under M. Theod. Beza, and M. Anthony Faius ... Wherein is contained a methodical summary, or epitome of the common places of divinity. Translated out of Latin into English, to the end that the causes, both of the present dangers of that Church, and also of the troubles of those that are hardly dealt with else-where, may appear in the English tongue.Propositions and principles of diuinitie propounded and disputed in the vniuersitie of Geneua, by certaine students of diuinitie there, vnder M. Theod. Beza, and M. Anthonie Faius ... Wherein is contained a methodicall summarie, or epitome of the common places of diuinitie. Translated out of Latine into English, to the end that the causes, both of the present dangers of that Church, and also of the troubles of those that are hardlie dealt vvith els-vvhere, may appeare in the English tongue.
Edinburgh: printed by Robert Waldegrave, 1591Edinburgh: printed by Robert Waldegraue, 1591
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2 Those which the Greek call [Greek or Hebrew] are commonly called Traditions amongst the Latins: which they affirm not to be contained in writing, but to have been conveyed by word of mouth, & as it were, from hand to hand delivered from one to an other.
2 Those which the Greek cal 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 are commonly called Traditions amongst the Latines: which they affirme not to bee contained in writing, but to haue beene conueied by word of mouth, & as it were, from hand to hand deliuered from one to an other.
3 Now, there are two sorts of Traditions mentioned in the Scriptures, whereof some are commendable, as proceeding from the Spirit of God, of which sort are those which are mentioned to have been received from Christ & his Apostles: others were invented by the wit of man, as those which Christ calleth the Traditions of the Fathers, and the commandments and doctrines of men.
3 Now, there are two sorts of Traditions mentioned in the Scriptures, whereof some are commendable, as proceding from the Spirit of God, of which sort are those which are mentioned to haue beene receaued from Christ & his Apostles: others were inuented by the wit of man, as those which Christ calleth the Traditions of the Fathers, and the commandements and doctrines of men.
4 The former of these were not at the first, as being in the infancy of the church, committed to writing: but now, since that time, that they have been put into the writings of the Apostles, they are not to be taken as unwritten, but to have credit amongst all, as being the very written word of God.