The Gospel Panoply, or Five Books on the Evangelical Word of God

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Original title: Panoplia evangelica, sive de verbo Dei evangelico libri quinque A five-book Latin Catholic controversial treatise answering the Reformation principle of Scripture alone. Lindanus divides the Word of God into a written part and an unwritten part handed down by the apostles, and makes apostolic tradition the rule by which both doctrines and the canon of Scripture are tested. Book I defines the evangelical Word. Book II assembles a century-by-century catalogue of patristic and conciliar witnesses. Book III treats the canon, the obscurity of Scripture, grace, merit, justification and the cult of the saints. Book IV covers the sacraments, including baptism, confirmation, penance, orders, Roman primacy, marriage and extreme unction, together with sacramentals and a graded classification of traditions. Book V refutes Brenz, Calvin and the Württemberg Confession and ends with a submission to Pope Paul IV. The work is dedicated to Philip II from Leeuwarden, 1 July 1559, and was printed at Cologne by Maternus Cholinus. Its Eucharistic part, defending the sacrifice of the Mass and communion under one kind, was issued separately in 1560 as Pars altera. Throughout, the treatise draws on Greek philology, canon law and local Netherlandish observances, such as the Frisian chalice tubes at Bolsward. 👉 Read our introductory primer, full report, and finding guide here 📜 View the original source file This text was transcribed and translated as part of the ExLatinis project—an effort by Leo to make English translations of every published text in Latin in early modern Europe (between 1450 and 1750) available to the public for free online.

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PANOPLIA EVANGELICA, SIVE DE VERBO DEI EVANGELICO LIBRI QVINQVE: QVIBUS ex Scriptura Prophetica & Apostolica illius eruitur, & declaratur indoles atq[ue] natura: Partes explicantur, Scriptum atq[ue] ἐκ ἀγαθον, Non scriptum, & quæ ad Traditiones indubitatò Apostolicas, licèt non scriptas, at fide tamen pari suscipiendas pertinent, pertractantur. Denique verbum Dei non scriptum, sed traditum, aduersus infesta Catholicæ Christi IESV Ecclesiæ hostium tela, & arietationes omnes defenditur. Esaias Propheta cap. 40. D. Petrus Apostolus I. Cap. I. Τὸ ὑμα νῦσαι μεῖδεις τ' αἰῶνα, ὑμὸς δίεις ὑπο διασελισθένεις ὑμαν. Verbum Domini manet in æternum: hoc autem est verbum, quod vobis est Euangelizatum. WILHELMVS LINDANVS DORDRACENVS S. TH. D. REGIVS CONSILIARIUS, Reuerendissimi Episcopi Traiectensis, & Archidiaconorum per Frisiam Vicarius, Palatijq[ue]; Haghensis Decanus, Catholicæ atque Apostolicæ Christi Iesu Ecclesiæ Matri dulcissimæ cùm pietatis, tum gratitudinis ergò faciebat, atque in subsidium oppugnatæ, laboranti, & exagitatæ adferebat: Cuius iudicio vniuersa & dicta & indicta summissa sunto. Quid Lectori pio & candido, nullaq[ue] anticipatæ opinionis pertinacia præfracto hac ex Panoplia fructus multò uberrimi iuxta ac saluberrimi petedum & capiendum, post præfationem, ad Lectorem epistola docebit. COLONIAE AGRIPPINÆ Excudebat Maternus Cholinus, Anno à Christo nato M. D. LIX. Cum gratia & Priuilegio Cæs. Maiest. ad decennium.