Protestantism in Poland and Bohemia - James Aitken Wylie

eceive. Its expressions are as follows: ' Baptism
and the Lord's Supper are signs and testimonies of
grace, as it has been said before, which remind us
of the promise and of the redemption, and show
that the benefits of the Gospel belong to all those
that make use of these rites... In the established use
of the Communion, Christ is substantially present,
and the body and blood of Christ are truly given to
those who receive the Communion.'" [10]
The confederating Churches further agreed to
"abolish and bury in eternal oblivion all the
contentions, troubles, and dissensions which have
hitherto impeded the progress of the Gospel," and
leaving free each Church to administer its own
discipline and practice its own rites, deeming these
of "little importance" provided "the foundation of
our faith and salvation remain pure and
unadulterated," they say: "Having mutually given
each other our hands, we have made a sacred
promise faithfully to maintain the peace and faith,
and to promote it every day more and more for the
edification of the Word of God, and carefully to
avoid all occasions of dissension."[11]
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