The Conservative Reformation and Its Theology - Saint Mary ...

necessary to salvation, and to the salutary use of the Sacrament; by which
eating is understood the act of true faith, as it directs itself to the body of
Christ delivered to death for us, and his blood shed for us, both
apprehended and personally applied with all Christ's merits.
"II. In the Articles of PREDESTINATION, GRACE, and FREE
WILL, both agree: 1. That after the fall of man, there were no remaining
powers for spiritual good, either to begin or to complete: 2. That the whole
matter of the salvation of man depends alone on the will, good pleasure,
and grace of God. 3. Neither approves the Pelagian doctrine, but each
condemns it, and both reject Semi-Pelagianism.
"III. In the Article of the PERSON OF CHRIST, both agree: 1. That
the divine and human natures are truly and personally united, so that
Christ is God and man in unity of person; and that this union is formed,
without confusion or change, indivisibly and inseparably: 2. That the
names of the natures are reciprocally used; truly and in the literal sense of
the words, God is man, man is God; the properties of each of the natures
are affirmed truly and really, of the whole person in the concrete; but
according to that nature to which those properties are peculiar, which is
called by theologians, communicatio idiomatum (communion of
properties.) 3. That the human nature of Christ is not intrinsically
omnipotent nor omniscient; that in the union, the natures conjoined remain
distinct, and the essential properties of each are secure. 4. That the human
nature was lifted to supreme glory, and sitteth at the right hand of God. 5.
Both reject the heresies of Nestorius, Eutyches, Marcion, Arius, Plotinus,
Paul of Samosata, and their like.
"IV. In the Article of HOLY BAPTISM, both Lutherans and
Calvinists agree: 1. That infants are to be baptized: 2. That the object of
baptism is that they may be inserted into Christ, and spiritually
regenerated: 3. That baptism is necessary, yet not absolutely, but so that
the despising of baptism is damning: 4. That infants have the capacity of
receiving regenerating grace, and 5. That these things pertain to the
essentials of this Sacrament.
"V. As to the CEREMONIES, especially as regards EXORCISM in