A Candid Inquiry into the Controversies among Evangelicals · §588

Annotatio IV §.XVIII close: Ambrose — efficacious FIGURE; figurative words + real presence — stop before §.XIX

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On the Eucharist ch. 4: Ambrose does not mean bread becomes identically Christ’s body, but His EFFICACIOUS FIGURE.

So Wycliffe holds both: Institution words figurative, and the most real presence of Christ’s body — source of all Eucharistic efficacy — fully admitted. Stop before §.XIX.

Latin

Idem alibi, libro de Eucharistia cap. 4. Sanctus (inquit) Ambrosius non intendit dicere, quòd panis fiat identicè corpus Christi, sed quod fiat ejus FIGURA EFFICAX. Observa, FIGURAM EFFICACEM Wiclephum in Cœna statuere, quâ ratione & verba institutionis figuratè intelligenda, & præsentiam interim corporis Christi realissimam, à qua omnis Eucharistiæ efficacitas promanat, in S. Eucharistia omninò admittendam esse, contendit.

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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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