A Candid Inquiry into the Controversies among Evangelicals · §363 · Samuel Strimesius

Annotatio II §.II open: Consubstantiatio — crassior vs subtilior; crass local inclusion / physical mixture

§.II: Consubstantiation, by etymology, is the joining of two substances kept apart in themselves — considered in act or in state.

It comes in a crasser and a subtler form. The crasser means either local enclosure of Christ’s natural body in the bread, or an interior union like a physical mixture of altered elements.

Latin

§. II. Consubstantiatio, quae, vi etymi, duarum Substantiarum, per se sejunctarum Conjunctionem, vel in actu, vel in statu considerandam, significat, alia Crassior est, alia Subtilior. Prior corporis Christi naturalis & localis, vel in pane inclusionem localem, vel unionem interiorem commixtioni physicae, seu miscibilium alteratorum elementorum unioni haud absimilem, denotat.

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