The Nature Of Christs Presence In The Eucharist Or The True Doctrine Of The Real Presence Vindicated In Opposition To The Fictitious Real Presence Vol 2

Excerpt from The Nature of Christ's Presence in the Eucharist, or the True Doctrine of the Real Presence Vindicated in Opposition to the Fictitious Real Presence, Vol. 2: Asserted by Archdeacon Denison, Mr. (Late Archdeacon) Wilberforce, and Dr. Pusey For instance, in a prayer at the conclusion of the Service, those who drew it up evidently intended to intimate that the communication of the Body and Blood of Christ is limited to those who have duly received the holy mysteries. For the words are, We thank thee, for that thou dost vouchsafe to feed us, who have duly received these holy mysteries, with the spiritual food of the most precious body and blood Of thy Son our Saviour Jesus Christ. And what renders this pas sage much more significant is the fact (which I shall presently notice more particularly), that it was altered to the expressions now found in it from words that might seem to imply that all received the Body and Blood of Christ. But the most significant evidence derivable from the Com munion Service on this subject, is, I think, to be found in the alterations made from the first Liturgy of 1549 in the revision Of 1552, and continued in subsequent revisions to which therefore I shall now proceed to direct the attention of the reader. It will be found that in the Second prayer-book of Edw. VI. (that of and the subsequent ones, all those expressions in the first prayer-book, published in 1549, which might seem to indicate, that the presence Of the Body and Blood of Christ was to be looked for in the consecrated elements, or as so present that all the communicants indiscriminately partook of that Body and Blood, are carefully expunged or altered. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from The Nature of Christ's Presence in the Eucharist, Vol. 1: Or, the True Doctrine of the Real Presence Vindicated in Opposition to the Fictitious Real Presence Asserted by Archdeacon Denison, Mr. (Late Archdeacon) Wilberforce, and Dr. Pusey; With Full Proof of the Real Character of the Attempt Made by Those Author On the importance of the subject of the following Work, there can be no difference of opinion. It would seem to follow, that it is of equal importance to preserve the public mind free from serious error respecting it. And when errors of a grave character are being widely and earnestly disseminated, a public discussion of the subject, an endeavour to prove the true character of the rite, and a refutation of the erroneous notions inculcated respecting it, are due to the cause of truth. I cannot, therefore, at all sympathize with the feeling of those who profess to think the subject too sacred for public discussion; and I confess that I cannot free my mind from the notion, that the hope of some advantage accruing to certain doctrines from a veil of mystery being thrown over the Eucharistic rite, is very near the foundation of such a feeling. No public discussion of the nature of the rite, such as our Lord intended it to be, could lead to anything painful to a Christian ear. And if the errors and superstitions with which man has overlaid it produce that tendency, let them bear the blame; but let not the cause of truth suffer by our unwillingness to vindicate it, because men have encumbered it with notions which make its discussion painful. The doctrine treated of in the following Work was the great question controverted between the Romanists and our early Reformers. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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