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History of the Reformation in the Sixteenth Century, Tr. by D.D. Scott, with Notes from the Netherlands Ed. of J.J. Le Roy

History of the Reformation in the Sixteenth Century, Tr. by D.D. Scott, with Notes from the Netherlands Ed. of J.J. Le Roy

D'Aubign, Jean Henri Merle

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General World History

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ISBN10: 1150067853
ISBN13: 9781150067853
Publisher: General Books
Pages: 476
Weight: 1.52
Height: 1.06 Width: 9.01 Depth: 5.98
Language: English
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1843. Excerpt: ... It were well that the Church, in a general council, should ordain the distribution of the two kinds (both elements) to all believers; not, however, that one kind only is insufficient, for faith of itself were already sufficient. These bold words pleased the congregation, although there were some among the hearers who were amazed and became angry. It is false, said they, and scandalous.' The preacher continued: There is no union, said he, more intimate, more profound, more indissoluble, than that which takes place between food and the body that the food sustains. Christ unites himself to us in the sacrament, in such a manner, that he acts as if he were ourselves. Our sins assail him. His righteousness defends us.2 But Luther was not content with expounding the truth: he attacked one of the most radical errors of Rome.3 The Church of Rome pretends that the sacrament operates by itself and independently of the disposition of the person receiving it, and nothing more convenient than such an opinion. Hence the avidity with which the sacrament is sought for; hence too, the profits of the Romish clergy.4 Luther attacked that doctrine 5 and confronted it with its opposite,1 in virtue of which, faith and right dispositions of the heart are necessary. i L. Opp. (L.) Xyu. p. 281. - 8 This is also the pure sentiment of the genuine Reformed--of the followers of Calvin. And although Zwingle's views were not perhaps so clear; although perhaps he attached the whole person of Christ more to the soul than to the body; still proofs may be found in his writings that his views were fundamentally the same. In regard to all in which the true Protestant Church, whether Lutheran or Reformed, has determined on this point contrary to the Church of Rome, namely, that...

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