# Lehre und Wehre_St. Louis Missouri_Januar 1861_S9
# AI translation — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

Theological Axioms.   9

15. "Haeretici allegant quidem apostolica, sed non apostolice intellecta."

Heretics do cite the apostolic words, but understand them unapostolically.

16. "In sensu, non in verbis est haeresis."

Heresy lies in the meaning, not in the wording.

17. Duo cum dicunt idem, non est idem.

When two say the same thing, it is not therefore the same thing.

18. Multitudo errantium non parit errori patrocinium.

The multitude of those who err does not justify the error.

19. Superbia est mater haeresium.

Pride is the mother of heresies.

20. "Errare potero, haereticus non ero."

I may be able to err, but I will not be a heretic.

21. "Haereticorum patriarchae philosophi."

The philosophers are the patriarchs of the heretics.

22. Nihil ratione ministra utilius, nihil magistra periculosius; nihil pulchrius, cum sequitur, nihil damnosius, cum antecedit.

Nothing is more useful than reason when she is a servant; nothing more dangerous, when she is mistress. Nothing more beautiful, when she follows; nothing more harmful, when she goes ahead.

23. Traditionum pontificiarum assumentum non est assumendum.

The patchwork of papal traditions is something you must reject.

24. "Non credo, quia non lego."

I do not believe it, because I do not read it [in Scripture].

25. Dictio dicta perit, litera scripta manet.

The spoken word passes away; the written letter stands.

26. Principium meum non est: Ratio dixit, sed: Αὐτὸς ἔφα. [He himself said it.]

My highest principle is not, "Reason has said it," but rather, "He has said it."

III. On the Interpretation of Holy Scripture.

1. Scriptura in iis, quae ad salutem pertinent, perspicua est.

Scripture is clear and plain in what pertains to salvation.

2. Scopus totius scripturae communis est Christus.

The common aim of all Scripture is Christ.

3. Quilibet locus scripturae sacrae sensum literalem admittit.

The literal sense is the true sense of every passage of Scripture.

4. Sensus literalis est id, quod sentit autor.

The literal sense is the sense intended by the writer.

5. Sensus literalis unius loci nonnisi unicus est.

The literal sense of any single passage is only one.

6. Sensus literae non semper est literalis.

The sense of the letter is not always the literal sense.