Popery condemned by scripture and the fathers - End Time Deception

SCRIPTURE AND THE FATHERS. 279
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sed, if it be received with thanksgiving : For
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it is sanctified by the word of God and
" prayer." The word of God authorises the
use of it ; and it is consecrated or set apart by
prayer and thanksgiving. In the same manner,
St. Jerome informs us, consecration takes place
in the Lord's supper :
" Upon the prayer of the
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presbyters," says he, '« the body and blood
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of Christ is made *."
The Popish view of the consecration of the
elements is intended as a preparatory introduction
to the grand doctrine of transubstantiation,
which the Romish Church has grafted upon the
plain and simple ordinance of the Supper. This
the Council of Trent have defined to be, " a
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wonderful conversion of the w^hole substance
" of the bread in this holy sacrament into the
" whole substance of the body of Christ, and of
" the whole substance of the wine into his blood,
" the species or accidents of the wine onlv re-
" maining f :" And this the Roman Catechism
aiHrms to be the very same body which was born
of the virgin,
and now sits in heaven at the right
hand of the Father J.
A similar view of transubstantiation
is given by the R. :
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In the pub-
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lie sacrifice of the mass," says he, " J. Christ
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was believed to be really present, and offered
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up to his eternal father under the appearance
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* Ep. 85. ad Evagr.
f Sess. 13. c. 4. & Can. 2.
t Cat. ad. Par. p. 2.