A Candid Inquiry into the Controversies among Evangelicals · §571

Annotatio IV §.XVI open: Bernard of Clairvaux follows Berengar — food of mind; spiritual exhibition

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§.XVI: near the opening of the XIIth age, BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX — then prince of ascetic writers — walks Berengar’s footsteps on the Sacred Supper.

Two sermons (Purification of Mary; S. Martin): Christ’s body in the Mystery is food of the mind, not the belly — not eaten corporally; the same flesh is exhibited spiritually, not corporally.

Latin

§. XVI. Berengarii, circa finem Seculi XI. piè demortui vestigia, docendo de S. Cœna, legit Asceticorum Scriptorum suo tempore facilè Princeps BERNHARDUS ABBAS CLARÆVALLENSIS sub ipsum ferè SECULI XIImi INITIUM, quo de testes sunt amplissimæ, binæ ejus Conciones indubitatò illi tribuendæ, altera de purificatione Mariæ, de S. Martino altera conscripta habitaque. In priori legeris, quòd Christi corpus in Mysterio (Cœnæ) cibus mentis sit, non ventris, proinde corporaliter non manducetur, sicut enim cibus est, ita & comedi intelligitur. In posteriori verò: Quod usque hodie eadem caro Christi, nobis, sed spiritualiter utique, non corporaliter exhibeatur.

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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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