A Candid Inquiry into the Controversies among Evangelicals · §371 · Samuel Strimesius

Annotatio II §.III (1): Irenaeus — Eucharist of earthly and celestial; restricted to use

(1) Irenaeus (A.D. 160) is the stock witness for two things, earthly and celestial, in the Eucharist after invocation.

But bk. 5 restricts the saying to use: celestial souls feed on celestial substance; earthly bodies on earthly — the creature-cup and creature-bread confirmed as His blood and body when they receive God’s word.

Latin

(1) Duas hîc Substantias memorat unus omnium instar Irenæus Anno Dni. 160: Panis, inquit, qui est à terra, percipiens invocationem Dei, jam non communis panis est, sed Eucharistia ex duabus rebus constans, terrena & cælesti, libro 4. contra hæres. cap. 34.; Sed libro 5. cap. 12. idem ferè repetens, adjicit tamen, se verba sua ad usum sacræ Eucharistiæ restricta velle, in quo fiat, ut quemadmodum animæ cælestes, cælesti substantia, ceu alimento sibi proprio, sic corpora terrestria substantia terrestri nutriantur & augescant: Eum, inquit, Calicem, qui est creatura, suum sanguinem, & eum panem, qui est creatura, suum corpus confirmavit: Quando ergo calix & panis percipiunt verbum Dei, fit Eucharistia sanguinis & corporis Christi ex quibus augetur & consistit Carnis nostræ substantia.

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