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Prop. III. Christ is not present in this Sacrament according to his natural way of existence; that is, as bodies naturally exist; but in a manner proper to the character of his exalted and glorified body.” His presence then is real and substantial, but sacramental; not exposed to the external senses, nor obnoxious to corporal contingencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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PROP. IV. The Body of Christ, in this holy Sacrament, is not separated from his blood, nor his blood from his body, nor is either of them disjoined from his soul and his divinity: but all and the whole living Christ is entirely contained under each species : so that whoever receives under one kind, becomes truly partaker of the whole Sacrament: he is not deprived either of the body or of the blood of Christ Communion in one kind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Prop. v . Our Saviour, in leaving to us his body and blood, under two distinct species or kinds, instituted not only a Sacrament, but also a sacrifice ; a commemorative sacrifice, distinctly shewing his passion and death until he come. For as the sacrifice of the cross was performed by a distinct effusion of his blood, so is that sacrifice commemorated in this of the altar by a distinction of the symbols. Jesus, therefore, is here given not only to us, but for us ; and the Church is hereby enriched with a true, proper, and propitiatory sacrifice, usually termed the Mass: propitiatory we say, because representing, in a lively manner, the passion and death of our Lord, it is peculiarly pleasing to our eternal Father, and thus more effectually applies to us the all -sufficient merits of the sacrifice of the cross . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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PROP. VI. Sincere repentance, that is, sorrow of mind, joined to a firm resolution of amendment, was, at all times, so necessary, that without it there could be no remission of sin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Institution of the Sacrament of Penance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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PROP . VII . Catholics believe, that when a sinner repents of his sins, from his heart, and acknowledges his transgressions to God, and his ministers, the dispensers of the mysteries of Christ, resolving to turn from his evil ways, and to bring forth fruit worthy of penance, there is then, and not otherwise, an authority left by Christ to absolve such a penitential sinner from his sins : which authority, we believe, Christ gave to his Apostles and their successors, the bishops and priests of his Church , in those words, when he said : Receive ye the Holy Ghost, &c. John xx. 22, 23. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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