Schaff - History of the Christian Church Vol. 8 - Media Sabda Org

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ft1173 The articles are given in full by Rilliet, and in Opera, VIII. 727-731.
Calvin mentions forty articles in a letter to Farel (Aug. 20), but they are
reduced to thirty-eight by the notation.
ft1174 Respond quil croit en lessence divine en troys personnes et quil na
point dogmatise en celle sorte. Vray est quil prent le nom de personne
aultrement que les modernes ne le prennent et quil le prent comment
les premiers docteurs de leglise et disciples des apotres lont prys.”
Opera, VIII. 738. I retain the ancient spelling.
ft1175 “Interrogésil entend que la Trinitésoit troys diables et soit troys
[un]Cerberus, respond que non, et quil ne la point dict en ceste sorte
et quil ne le veult point maintenir.” Comp. with this the passage in his
letter to Poupin which was afterwards produced in evidence and
acknowledged by him: “Pro uno Deo habetis tricipitem Cerberum.”
ft1176 On this and the subsequent encounter we have also an account from
Calvin in his “Defence,” which is more minute than the official report.
Opera, VIII. 743 sqq.
ft1177 “He could no more read Greek,” says Calvin, in the Refutatio, “than a
boy learning his A B C.” Opera, VIII. 498.
ft1178 Opera, VIII. 496: “ex traduce Dei orta (or, une partie et portion de
Dieu) esse omnia, et rerum naturam esse substantialem Dei spiritum.”
ft1179 Articles du procureur-général in Opera, VIII. 763-766.
ft1180 Opera, VIII. 797.
ft1181 Opera, VIII. 789:, Et puys après a confesséquil avait pechéen ce,
mais que cestoit par crainte de la mort.”
ft1182 Opera, VIII. 796. The Latin text of the three documents is embodied
in Calvin’s Refutatio Errorum, ibid. 501-553.
ft1183 See above, § 109, p. 513 sq.
ft1184 VIII. 607: Eam sibi jam autoritatem arrogat Calvinus, ut instar
magistrorum Sorbonicorum articulos scribat, et quidvis pro sua
libidine damnet, nullam penitus ex sacris [de l’écriture
sainte]adducens rationem.”
ft1185 VIII. 515: “Simonis Magi discipulus ... acctuator criminalis, et
homicida.”