Annotatio VI §.VI press: Luther Major Catechism — sacrament on Word, not human holiness
Press further: then sacraments hang on human will. The Wittenberger cites Luther’s Major Catechism (p.555): the sacrament rests on God’s Word, not human holiness; no unbelief voids it; no saint or angel can make bread and wine not be Christ’s body and blood even under abuse.
Christ did not say “if you believe or are worthy”; he said simply Eat, drink: this is my body, this is my blood.
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Institeris: Ita Sacramenta ab humana qualitate & actione eóque voluntate & arbitrio suspendi: Huc respiciunt quæ Clariss. Wittebergensis urget: Sacramentum hoc non fundari in hominum sanctitate, sed ipso Dei Verbo, quod nulla hominum incredulitate irritum reddi potest. Et quemadmodum nullus vel Sanctus in terris, vel Angelus in cælis, facere potest, ut Panis & Vinum sint C. & S. Christi; ita nemo illud Sacramentum mutare potest, ne sit Christi C. & S. etiamsi eodem abutatur. Christus enim non dixit: si credideritis, aut digni fueritis, tum in S. C. corpus & S. meum præsentia habebitis: Sed ait simpliciter: Edite, bibite: hoc est corpus meum, hic est sanguis meus; scribit Lutherus noster in Catech. Maj. P. 555.