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LECTURES ON THE REAL PRESENCE.

SECTION THE THIRD.

ON THE DOCTRINE OF ST. PAUL REGARDING THE EUCHARIST.

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Ωστε ός ἄν ἔσθιη τὸν ἄρτον τοῦτον ἤ πίνη τὸ ποτήριον τοῦ Κυρίου ἀναξίως, ἔνοχος ἔσται τοῦ σώματος καὶ τοῦ αἵματος τοῦ Κυρίου Δοκιμαζέτο δὲ ἄνθρωπος εαυτὸν, καὶ οὕτως ἐκ τοῦ ἄρτον ἐσθέτω, καὶ ἐκ τοῦ ποτηρίου πινέτω· ὁ γὰρ ἐσθίων καὶ πίνων ἀναξίως, κρίμα εαυτῶ ἐσθίει καὶ πίνει, μή διακρίνων τὸ σῶμα τοῦ Κυρίου·

Quicumque igitur manducaverit panem hunc, vel biberit calicem Domini indigne, reus erit corporis et sanguinis Domini. Probet autem seipsum homo, et sic de pane illo edat, et de calice bibat. Qui enim manducat et bibit indigne, judicium sibi manducat et bibit, non dijudicans corpus Domini.

VERSION AUTHORISED BY THE ENGLISH PROTESTANT CHURCH.

1 COR. x. 16.

The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ?

CHAP. XI. 27-29.

Wherefore, whosoever shall eat this bread, and (on) drink this cup of the Lord unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord. But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup. For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the body of the Lord.

LECTURE THE EIGHTH.

ARGUMENTS FOR THE REAL PRESENCE FROM THE DOCTRINE OF ST. PAUL REGARDING THE USE OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT.GENERAL OBJECTIONS AGAINST THE CATHOLIC DOCTRINE FROM SCRIPTURE.REMARK ON THE CONNEXION BETWEEN THE REAL PRESENCE AND TRANSUBSTANTIATION.

To complete the Catholic proof of the Real Presence from the Scriptures, nothing is wanting but to examine the doctrine delivered by St. Paul regarding the effects of this sacred institution. I have for this purpose placed before you two passages in which he speaks of it; and I proceed, at once, to the brief, but convincing, argument which they afford to our doctrine.

In the first of these, 1 Cor. x. 16, the Apostle touches quite incidentally upon it; for he is speaking of the guilt of participating in the idolatrous sacrifices of the heathens. He enforces this by the question," the cup of benediction which we bless, is it not the partaking of the blood of Christ? And the bread which we break, is it not partaking of the body of the Lord?" The word here rendered partaking, or communion, is used several other

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