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Perrone.<br />

PERRONE 508 says of the Lutherans: "Some of them have brought in<br />

the doctrine of hypostatic union of the incarnate Word with the bread,<br />

which union they call impanation; others affirm a consubstantiation, as<br />

they call it, or a commixture or concomitance." Perrone has not only been<br />

following Romish guides, but he has selected the worst among them.<br />

Becan, 1624.<br />

Bellarmin, 1621.<br />

BECAN (d. 1624) 509 says: "Luther seems to assert impanation;" but<br />

even this, he goes on to show, is not true of the Lutheran Church.<br />

BELLARMIN (d. 1621) 510 : “Luther insinuates the impanation of Rupert<br />

<strong>and</strong> John of Paris, but does not state it explicitly." He then goes on to show<br />

that Martin Chemnitz <strong>and</strong> the other Lutherans did not hold this view.<br />

Mohler, 1838.<br />

MOEHLER: 511 "Luther had already rejected the doctrine of<br />

transubstantiation; but he still continued, with his accustomed coarseness<br />

<strong>and</strong> violence, yet with great acuteness <strong>and</strong> most brilliant success, to defend<br />

against Zwinglius the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist. For<br />

whenever the doctrinal truth is in any degree on his side, he is always an<br />

incomparable disputant, <strong>and</strong> what he puts forth on this subject in his<br />

controversial writings is still deserving of attention."<br />

Wiseman, 1865.<br />

CARDINAL WISEMAN 512 refers to "consubstantiation or<br />

companation in the chrysalis proposition" (the Tenth Article of the<br />

Augsburg Confession), "in which we must try to suppose it originally<br />

contained." <strong>The</strong> cardinal means that the Confession "does not so much<br />

impugn the doctrine of transubstantiation as leave it aside;" but that if it<br />

does not leave transubstantiation an open question, it teaches<br />

consubstantiation; <strong>and</strong> that, out of deference to its friends, he is willing, in<br />

his good nature, to try to think the doctrine is there. But it is worthy of note<br />

that in the cardinal's whole argument in "<strong>The</strong> Real Presence proved from<br />

Scripture," there is no position<br />

508 Praelect. <strong>The</strong>ologic. L. III.<br />

509 Manual Controvers. L. II.<br />

510 Lib. III. de Euch. Ch. XI.<br />

511 Symbolism. Transl. by Robertson. ~ xxxv.<br />

512 <strong>The</strong> Real Presence of the Body <strong>and</strong> Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ in the Blessed Eucharist proved from Scripture.<br />

Lond. 1836. Lects. II. <strong>and</strong> VIII.

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