A Candid Inquiry into the Controversies among Evangelicals · §174

Decem Theses VII-VIII: Imperial Acts name neither Variata nor Invariata; oral eating and ubiquity absent — Reformed not excludable

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VII. Neither Imperial Recesses nor Acts or Edicts ever mention a Variata or Invariata Augsburg Confession under those contested labels.

VIII. The recent teaching of certain Evangelicals bound to the Bergen Formula — oral eating and the ubiquity of Christ's body — is in neither the earlier nor the enlarged Confession, and still less in the Repetitio or in Philip's Corpus Doctrinae.

So the Reformed, as associates of the Augsburg Confession, cannot be shut out of the Imperial Peace for denying those two dogmas.

Latin

VII. Nec Recessus, nec Acta Edictave Imperii, vel variatae, vel invariatae Augustanae Confessionis (Sub bisputa Denominationibus) mentionem ullam faciunt. VIII. Recens quorundam Evangelicorum, Bergensi Formulae addictorum doctrina, de orali manducatione, & ubiquitate Corporis Christi, nec in priori, nec auctiori Confessione, multò minùs in ejusdem Repetitione & Corpore Doctrinae Philippi reperitur; Unde nec Reformati Augustanae Confessionis Socii, ob haec duo dogmata negata, pace Imperii excludi possunt.

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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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