A Candid Inquiry into the Controversies among Evangelicals · §673 · Samuel Strimesius

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

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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