 Transubstantiation (or the change of the substance of Bread and Wine) in the Supper of the Lord cannot be proved by Holy Writ ; but is repugnant to the plain words of Scripture, overthroweth the nature of a Sacrament, and hath given occasion to many superstitions.  The Eclectic review. vol. 1-New [8th] - Page 5251845Full view - About this book
 | Paul F. M. Zahl - Religion - 1998 - 128 pages
...partaking of the Body of Christ; and likewise the Cup of Blessing is a partaking of the Blood of Christ. Transubstantiation (or the change of the substance of Bread and Wine) in the Supper of the Lord, cannot be proved by Holy Writ; but is repugnant to the plain words of Scripture, overthroweth... | |
 | Brian Raynor - Christian martyrs - 2000 - 440 pages
...Dcdarniioit urctlxcft thcrntutn. 1582 The title page of the Thirty-Nine Articles in the Supper of the Lord, cannot be proved by holy Writ; but is repugnant to the plain words of Scripture ...'. These words correspond closely to the 'First Cause' given at the end of Frith's Articles wherefore... | |
 | Donald K. McKim - Religion - 2001 - 268 pages
...not understanded of the people" as "repugnant to the Word of God" (arts. 22; 24). Transubstantiation "cannot be proved by Holy Writ; but is repugnant to...Sacrament, and hath given occasion to many superstitions" (art. 28). The insistence on the sufficiency of Holy Scripture for salvation reflected adversely on... | |
 | Karen B. Westerfield Tucker - Religion - 2001 - 368 pages
...presence," a definition-defying real presence not explicable by the doctrine of transubstantiation (which is "repugnant to the plain words of Scripture, overthroweth...sacrament, and hath given occasion to many superstitions" [eighteenth Article of Religion]). Communicants at the table are also assured that they will "meet... | |
 | William Barclay - Religion - 2001 - 156 pages
...Jeremy Taylor, The (treat Exemplar 3.15; H. Bettcnson, Documents of the Christian Church, pp. 435-437. Transubstantiation (or the change of the substance of Bread and Wine) in the Supper of the Lord, cannot be proved by holy Writ; but it is repugnant to the plain words of Scripture, overthroweth... | |
 | Robert Whalen - Literary Criticism - 2002 - 258 pages
...Christ for those 'such as rightly, worthily, and with faith, receive the same.' 'Transubstantiation' is 'repugnant to the plain words of scripture, overthroweth...sacrament, and hath given occasion to many superstitions.' Nevertheless, the 'body of Christ is given, taken, and eaten,' though again, 'only after an heavenly... | |
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