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A Candid Inquiry into the Controversies among Evangelicals · §20

Part I Protheoria: Origins of the Sacramentarian schism — Luther, Carlstadt, Zwingli (1524)

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And would that men went back to the first Origins of the dissensions, understood at length from the History of the Diffidence — first the Sacramentarian schism, born in the year 1524 between Luther and Carolostadius, otherwise Bodenstein of Carlstadt, with Huldrych Zwingli soon about to move into a middle opinion: namely, Carolostadius referring the This (τοῦτο) in the words of Institution not to the Bread but to the Body of Christ, and so removing every presence of the Body in the Eucharistic Bread; Luther on the contrary asserting a corporal presence, by the letter of the text (τοῦ ῥητοῦ); but Zwingli and Oecolampadius a Sacramental presence, under the figure of Bread and Wine. The origin of the discords is to be understood especially from the temperaments of those who were a great part of these contests. Luther, to be sure, was fervid, and did not easily bear an equal in doctrine or authority; Carolostadius was less prudent, led by impulse more than by doctrine and judgment; Zwingli was constant in his opinion and yielded neither to Luther's commands nor to his name; Oecolampadius was unmoved, by the authority of Augustine and of the whole early Antiquity; Melanchthon, of the gentlest temper, would so assert the proper sense of the words of Institution that he departed from Luther, not acknowledging a local coexistence or inclusion of the Body, nor an oral manducation of it. But soon there came after them the sons of Bellona — bitter and eristic tempers — that would enlarge the suits and the Controversies:

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Atque utinam iretur ad primas dissensionum Origines, prolixe intellectas ex Historia Diffidii primum Sacramentarii, nati Anno 1524. inter Lutherum et Carolostadium, qui alias Bodenstein ex Carlstadt, mox Huldr. Zwinglio in mediam sententiam ituro: Scilicet Carolostadio, τὸ Hoc (τοῦτο) in verbis Institutionis referente non ad Panem, sed ad Corpus Christi, atque ita praesentiam omnem Corporis in Pane Eucharistico tollente; Luthero contra corporalem asserente, specie τοῦ ῥητοῦ; Zwinglio autem et Oecolampadio Sacramentalem, sub figura Panis et Vini. Intelligenda praecipue dissidiorum origine, ex illorum ingeniis qui horum certaminum pars magna fuere. Lutherus nempe fervidus, nec parem doctrina vel auctoritate satis ferens; Carolostadius minus prudens, impetu magis quam doctrina et judicio ductus; Zwinglius in sententia constans nec cedens Lutheri imperiis, vel nomini; Oecolampadius immotus, auctoritate Augustini, totiusque primae Antiquitatis; Melanchthon mitissimi ingenii, sic asserturus proprietatem Verborum institutionis, ut a Luthero discesserit, non agnita locali coexistentia, vel inclusione Corporis, nec hujus orali manducatione. Sed exceperunt mox Bellonae filii, acerba et eristica ingenia, lites auctura, et Controversias:

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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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