A Candid Inquiry into the Controversies among Evangelicals · §608

Annotatio IV §.XXII: PRIOR exposition — Fathers via Johnston (virtue, spiritual/typic body; Bertram)

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PRIOR exposition (Johnston’s Fathers): the Eucharistic Body is called virtue and grace (Augustine); body of the divine Spirit / spiritual body (Ambrose); spiritual flesh (Jerome); typic and symbolic (Origen).

Bertram: a Spiritual Body — God’s mystery, not visible or palpable — different from the already-glorified body known after the resurrection.

Latin

Dico ad exemplum Veterum Ecclesiæ Doctorum: Nam PRIORI Expositioni inhærentes Patres ita inducit Joh. Jonston, Syntagmate de Communione Vet. Ecclesiæ cap. 3. Art. 2. §. 3. p. m. 75. & 76.: Multas apud Patres appellationes & epitheta, Corpus hoc Eucharisticum sortitur: Augustino dicitur Virtus & gratia; Ambrosio, Corpus divini Spiritus, quia Spiritus est; Corpus Dei, quod Corpus spirituale est; Hieronymo Caro spiritualis; intelligibilis, Isychio; Corpus typicum & symbolicum, Origeni… Bertramus vocat Corpus Spirituale; Corpus quod mysterium Dei dicitur, non visibile, nec palpabile; diversum à corpore quod in Christi corpore per resurrectionem jam glorificatum cognoscitur…

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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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