A Defence of Catholic Principles, in a Letter to a Protestant Minister in America
The book A Defence of Catholic Principles, in a Letter to a Protestant Minister in America was written by author Gallitzin, Demetrius A. (Demetrius Augustine), 1770-1840 Here you can read free online of A Defence of Catholic Principles, in a Letter to a Protestant Minister in America book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is A Defence of Catholic Principles, in a Letter to a Protestant Minister in America a good or bad book?
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But, sir, it is evident, that God here speaks, and that he speaks in the most unequivocal terms, that he repeatedly makes use of the very same expressions : my flesh, my blood, &;c. It is evident that Christ at the last Supper tells his apostles, " take and eat, &:c. This ia ''my body, Sec. Drink ye all of this. Sec. This «' is my blood.'* It is evident then, that we must listen and adore. A positive refusal to believe would be downrig;ht impiety. But, sir, if we permit our limited reason to si...t in judgment on the mysteries of Revelation,. we may soon, by arbitrary interpf*etations, get rid of them all, and thus a belief framed by the interpretation of limited reason, amounts to a real and positive refusal to believe. In L 47 3 the pres"ent instance, ^vbat could justify us ia asserting, that in the Eucharist nothing is given, nothing received, but bread and wine ? Surely net the words of Christ, for his words and his repeated words are plainly, my fleshy my blood ; surely not its being impossible to receive the flesh and biood of Christ !
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