A Candid Inquiry into the Controversies among Evangelicals · §673

Annotatio V §.XI: Forbes/Fabricius — Calvin with Irenaeus on spiritual not corporal/local presence

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Forbes (Reformed) and Fabricius (Lutheran) show Calvin agrees with Irenaeus on the matter.

Apparent clashes resolve by spiritual vs corporal/local presence: Calvin with Irenaeus keeps the spiritual; with all antiquity he rejects corporal/local presence in the Supper or everywhere — body only in heaven that way.

Latin

Quanquam Calvinum quà rem cum Irenæo amicissimè conspirare fusissimè evincunt Guilielmus Forbes. Reformatus, & Johannes Fabricius, Lutheranus; Quæ autem in contrarium à Calvino edita apparent, facile conciliantur Distinctione inter Præsentiam corporis Christi in Cœna Spiritualem, & Corporalem seu Localem, quarum priorem cum Irenæo admittit Calvinus, posteriorem, cum universa Antiquitate, rejicit, cum eadem constantissimè professus, corpus Christi corporali localíque modo tantùm in cælo, non autem vel in Cœna, vel ubique esse.

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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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