A Candid Inquiry into the Controversies among Evangelicals · §409

Annotatio II §.IX (4): Body corporally in one place — heaven now; Vigilius; Luther’s Bible preface

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(4) Christ’s body is corporally in one place only — at the Institution at the table, not also in the bread in His hands; now corporally in heaven (Acts 3:21; Matt. 26:29; 1 Cor. 11:26).

Vigilius: as when on earth it was not in heaven, so now in heaven it is not on earth.

Luther’s Bible preface: we dwell on earth with the body before Christ seated in heaven, and are with Him only spiritually by faith — three points Strimesius marks.

Latin

(4) Naturæ Corporis Christi, quod corporaliter in uno tantum loco est, & uti tempore institutæ Coenæ, ad mensam corporaliter, non autem simul supra mensam, in pane, vel in manibus Christi panem sumentibus & frangentibus, fuit; Ita tempore celebratæ adhuc & celebrandæ Coenæ, corporaliter in cælis est & in cælis manet teste Spir. S. Act. 3, 21. ipsôque Christô, etiam in Institutionis Coenæ verbis Matth. 26, 29. 1. Cor. 11, 26. Quemadmodum verò caro Christi, dum in terra fuit corporaliter, non utique erat in Cœlo; ita nunc quia in cælis est corporaliter, non est utique in terris, ait B. Vigilius Lib. 4. Hinc Lutherus ipse, postremis verbis præfationis suæ in Biblia, sic scribit: Des Hohen Priesters Söhne / Die mit dem täglichen Opfer umgehen / sollten auff uns Christen deuten / die wir für unserm Vater Christo / im Himmel sitzend / hie auff Erden / mit dem Leibe wohnen / und nicht hin Durch sind bey ihm / ohne mit dem Glauben geistlich. Ubi observa Lutherum tria dicere (1) Christum sedere in Cœlo, nos corpore esse in terra. (2) Nos corpore non esse cum Christo. (3) Non aliter, quam spiritualiter & per fidem, nos esse cum Christo.

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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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