De inspiratione sacrae Scripturae: theologica disquisitio
Louis Billot (1846–1931)
First published 1906
Louis Billot's theological treatise on the inspiration of Sacred Scripture, in the second edition (Rome, 1906). The edition prints the full treatise with its prooemium, two parts, index and approbation. The separately titled De immutabilitate traditionis (1907), bound after it, is excluded.
Titlepage I: Title Page
Prooemium I: Proem
Pars I: Part One — On the Inspiration of Sacred Scripture
Introductio I: Introduction
Capitulum I: Chapter One. — Where the Dogmatic Notion of Inspiration Is Declared.
Sectio I: § 1. — That All and Each of the Books of Scripture Are to Be Held Sacred and Canonical
Sectio II: § 2. — That God Is the Author of the Books of the New and Old Testament
Sectio III: § 3. — That It Could Be Understood in Two Ways That Scripture Was Written under the Dictation of the Holy Spirit
Capitulum II: Chapter Two. — Where the Notion of Inspiration Is Further Elaborated.
Sectio I: § 1. — That the Reception of Knowledge of the Things to Be Written Is Indeed among the Prerequisites to Inspiration
Sectio II: § 2. — That Inspiration Formally Consists in a Motion of the Intellect and Will
Sectio III: § 3. — Where Certain Conclusions Flowing from the Notion of Inspiration Elucidated Thus Far Are Explained.
Pars II: Part Two — On the Things That Follow upon Inspiration
Introductio I: Introduction
Capitulum I: Chapter One. — On the Spiritual Sense of Sacred Scripture.
Sectio I: § 1. — The Quiddity and Existence of the Spiritual Sense.
Sectio II: § 2. — Conclusions against the Broad School of Biblical Scholars.
Capitulum II: Chapter Two. — On the Intention of Scripture, Terminated of Itself upon Matters of Faith and Morals.
Sectio I: § 1. — What Should Be Understood by the Name of Matters of Faith and Morals Pertaining to the Edification of Christian Doctrine.
Sectio II: § 2. The Most Grievous Error of Biblical Scholars in This Matter.
Capitulum III: Chapter Three. — On the Inerrancy of Sacred Scripture.
Status I: State of the Question
Sectio I: § 1. — The Reasons of Those Who Admitted Errors in the Bible.
Sectio II: § 2. — Confutation.
Sectio III: § 3. — The Encyclical Providentissimus Deus.
Capitulum IV: Chapter Four. — On the Literary Forms of Sacred Scripture.
Status I: State of the Question
Sectio I: § 1. — An Ingenious Invention for Reconciling the Inerrancy of Scripture with the Material Falsity of Its Assertions.
Sectio II: § 2. — Confutation of the System, First as Regards Its General Principles.
Capitulum V: Chapter Five. — On the Interpretation of Sacred Scripture.
Sectio I: § 1. — On the Legitimate Sense of the Tridentine Decree concerning the Use and Interpretation of the Sacred Books.
Sectio II: § 2. — On the Things That Follow from This Decree.
Sectio III: § 3. — Epilogue.
Index I: Index
Approbatio I: Approbation of the Work
Since the little work whose title is: De inspiratione Sacrae Scripturae theologica disquisitio, (Secunda editio aucta et emendata), composed by Fr. LUDOVICO BILLOT, priest of our Society, has been recognized by certain revisers of the same Society, to whom that task was committed, and they have approved that it may be brought to light, we grant the faculty that it be printed, if so it shall seem good to those to whom it pertains.
In witness of which we have given these letters, subscribed by our hand and furnished with the seal of our Society.
Rome, 18 April 1906.
ALOISIUS CATERINI S. I.
Provincial of the Roman Province.
IMPRIMATUR
Fr. ALBERTUS LEPIDI, O. P., S. P. A. Magister.
IMPRIMATUR
JOSEPH CEPPETELLI, Patr. Const. Vicesger.