Protestantism in England From the Times of Henry VIII - James Aitken Wylie

Book of Common Prayer, enjoining all ministers
"to say and use the matins, evensong, celebration
of the Lord's Supper, etc., as authorized by
Parliament in the 5th and 6th year of Edward VI."
A few alterations and additions were made in the
Prayer Book as finally enacted under Elizabeth, the
most important of which was the introduction into
it of the two modes of dispensing the Sacrament
which had been used under Edward VI, the one at
the beginning and the other at the close of his
reign. The words to be used at the delivery of the
elements--as prescribed in the first Prayer Book of
Edward--were these:--"The Body of our Lord Jesus
Christ, which was given for thee, preserve thy body
and soul unto everlasting life." The words
prescribed in the second Prayer Book were as
follows:-- "Take and eat this in remembrance that
Christ died for thee, and feed on him in thy heal by
faith with thanksgiving." The communicant might
interpret the first form, if he chose, in the sense of a
corporeal presence; the second excluded that idea,
and conveyed no meaning save that of a spiritual
presence, to be apprehended by faith. Both
formulas were henceforth conjoined in the
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