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A Candid Inquiry into the Controversies among Evangelicals · §163

§.XIV [1]: With Luther vs Carolstadt/Zwingli/Tigurines — force ubiquity; refuse milder Luther/Bucer/Tigurina

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[1.] Those who side with Luther against Carolstadt (innovating much at Wittenberg under authority that was not wholly private), against Zwingli (writing a little too spitefully and boastfully on Article XVII of his Articles' Explanation — "I began preaching the Gospel in A.D. 1516, when Luther's name had not even been heard in our regions"), and against the Zurichers (who sent Luther a Bible translation prepared under Leo Juda's lead and printed by Forschover, after Luther wanted his own published version received everywhere). On each of these see Calixtus, Judgment on Theological Controversies, nos. 48, 53, 72.

When those opponents, aiming to restore the Eucharist from papal abuses and superstitions to its old brightness, seemed to deny Christ's body and blood present in it, these men — "with all their heat, pressing adversaries on every side" (Calixtus, num. 47) — decide the bodily presence in the Supper must be pressed so hard that they push, too roughly, the new and awkward ubiquity opinion cut out for Luther in the heat of battle.

Nor will they bear at all those who follow the milder Luther, made surer by Bucer's Declarations and the Zurich Confession: that only a local, natural presence was denied in the Holy Supper, while sacramental and spiritual presence were both granted. Such people they will not treat as innocent and pure, easily freed by Christ; and they want tolerance from them too, though they themselves cannot come down into that milder view.

See the History of the Augsburg Confession by Kirchner, Selnecker, and Chemnitz, cited by Calixtus at num. 62 (end), with nums. 63–65, 69, 71, 75.

Latin

[1.] QUI CUM LUTHERO, partim per Carolostadium, multa Wittenbergae, non tamen omnino privatâ, innovantem Auctoritate, partim per Zwinglium, in Articulorum suorum Explanatione Articuli XVII. paulò invidiosius (ut videri poterat) atque jactantius scribentem: Capi Ego Evangelium praedicare Anno Salutis XVI. supra M.D., scilicet tempore, cùm Lutheri nomen in nostris Regionibus ne auditum quidem erat; partim denique per Tigurinos, Bibliorum Sacrorum translationem, à se, Leone Juda Antesignano, adornatam, per Forschoverum Typographum, Luthero transmittentes, postquam hic suam cumprimis Bibliorum Versionem in publicum editam, ubique recipi cuperet; (de quibus singulis Calixtus in Judicio de Controv. Theolog. nó. 48. 53. 72.) irritato, & cum isti Sacramentum Eucharistiae, multis ac tetris abusibus, & superstitionibus hactenus apud Pontificios deformatum, restituere pristino nitori intenti, praesentiam Corporis & Sangvinis Christi negasse in eo viderentur, totô fervente & undiquaque adversarios premere annisô (sunt verba Calixti num. 47.) praesentiam Corporis Christi ita in Coena urgendam arbitrantur, ut novam & incommodam de Ubiquitate Sententiam, in aestu certaminum Luthero excisam, importunius urgeant; Nec verò cum Luthero mitiori & ex Buceri Declarationibus ac Confessione Tigurina facto certiori, praesentiam Corporis Christi in S. Coena nullam, quam localem naturalemque negatam esse, Sacramentali pariter ac Spirituali admissâ, ita sentientes, omnino ferendos esse arbitrantur, tanquam innocentes & puros, à Christo facilè liberandos, seque ab his quoque tolerari optant, in suam licèt Sententiam descendere nesciis. Vid. Hist. August. Conf. à Kirchn. Selneccer. & Chemnitio confectam & Calixto allegatam l. c. num. 62. in fine, collat. cum num. 63. 64. 65. 69. 71. 75.

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Samuel Strimesius — Prefatio through Controversiae Post Lutherum Controv. III-XIII + XV Tolerantia, Hexades Annotationum Prooemium and Annotatio I through Decem Theses / Francus plus Annotatio II §.I-§.VI and Annotatio III §.I–§.VII (through Cassellanum 1661) from Ingenua in Controversias Evangelicorum (Frankfurt an der Oder, 1708). Honest partial; Prefatio silence reasons, Annotatio III §.VIII+ fruits / §.IX+, Hexades theses body, deeper Controversiae / Part II remain.

English follows the locked 1708 Francofurti ad Viadrum Latin of Prefatio §I–II, Crimina defenses through III, Part I Protheoria through Controversiae Obices/Historia/Varii gradus, Formula Discord/Disparitas, Ulterius confirmatur / Classes / Formula protest / triplex differentia, Coena Domini Controversiae Priores through Precariae Hypotheses (Controv. print pp. 34–40), Controversiae Post Lutherum Natae Controv. III–XV tip (providence through De Tolerantia mutua; Controv. print pp. 40–78), Hexades Annotationum Prooemium H.I–§.III (Hexades print pp. 1–4 / PDF ~182–185), and Annotatio I De Augustana Confessione §.I–§.VIII tip (Hexades print pp. 5–24+ / PDF ~186–205+), reconstructed from Google Books PDF page images (ONB copy, id 3epYAAAAcAAJ) with pdftotext as check. No modern English was copied. Sister Halle digitization of Ingenua in Arminianismum (DOI 10.25673/65287) remains Anubis-blocked — skipped; Controversias only. Prefatio silence reasons, Annotatio I §.IX+, Hexades theses body beyond §.VIII, and remainder of Controversiae / folio remain.

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