A Candid Inquiry into the Controversies among Evangelicals · §382

Annotatio II §.V: Bertram knows only two opinions — spiritual vs corporal-by-conversion; no silent third

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Bertram nearly settles it: in his day he knows only two opinions — spiritual presence (his own, with the Fathers of every age) versus corporal presence by conversion of the bread (Paschasius), which he attacks.

Had there been a novel third (consubstantiation), he would not have passed it in silence — least of all in his adversary.

Latin

Et tantùm non extra dubium idem ponente Bertramô, quando duarum duntaxat, tempore suo, de praesentia corporis Christi in sacra Coena, sententiarum meminit, initio libri sui pag. m. 3. 55. quarum alteram, de Spirituali praesentia, ipsemet, cum Patribus omnium seculorum, fovet, alteram, de Corporali, per Conversionem panis, adductam, in Paschasio Rhadeberto, oppugnat; Tertiam, si quae fuisset novitiamque, silentio haud praetervecturus, praesertim apud adversarium reperiundam.

About this text

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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