Tractatus de apostasia

CAPITULUM OCTAVUM.
De multiplicacione corporis Christi.
Ulterius restat videre de multiplicacione corporis Christi,
in qua materia, sicut multiplicantur ficticie de multipli-
cacione sacerdotum et membrorum ecclesie, sic multipli- 5
cantur mendacia de multiplicacione corporis Christi in
eukaristia.
Three ways of Tribus autem modis potest intelligi multiplicacio cor-
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understanding
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this word : pons Christi. Primo, quod idem corpus in numero se-
"niuliiniication cundum se totum dimensionaliter simul sit per quan- 10
of Christ s . r
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body". tumcunque diversa b
loca; secundo modo, quod idem A 68
same body corpus in numero simul sit dimensionaliter per unum
should be locum et virtualiter in natura sua per alium. Et utraque
quantitatively . ..... r
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in several places istarum multiphcacionum est famosa aput diversas sectas
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in materia de eukaristia. Tercia
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via, quod idem corpus i5
tively in one s it tantum r per unum locum sibi adequatum secundum
place, virtually "
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in many. naturam eiusdem sed in sigms aut virtutibus sit simul
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'in one^by P er diversa loca, sicut corpus Christi est in qualibet
power in many particula hostie consecrate, et rex secundum Aueustinum
Instances of ' ... . .. . . „. ...
this third : way est simul in multis partibus regni sui. Sicut enim idem 20
so^e'how'^n commune multiplicatur in quolibet eius supposito, cum
all his kingdom; s it; illorum quodlibet, sic corpus Christi mul | tiplicatur B 77
a universal in . ... 7 • •
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all its in qualibet hostia consecrata, cum sit quodammodo u-
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mdividuals.
iarum quelibet; nee in natura sua recipit denominaciones
varias, licet ipsa signa multipliciter varientur. Et sic 25
corpus Christi est vel virtualiter,
mentaliter hie nobiscum.
vel cum hoc sacra-
I. The first way Contra primum replicatum est alibi quod omne quan-
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for anv tum est infinitum magnum; quia da quod non, pedalis
quantity would
then be
infinitely great.
i- Capitulum ct titulus desunt ABD. q. Christi deest ACD; ib. primomodo
E. 21. comune CD. 21, 22. cum sit illorum quodlibet deest ACD.
28. Here Wyclif commences a series of arguments that are
very difficult to follow, partly on account of the reasoning in
itself (reductio ad absurdum) partly because of probable copyists'
errors. There is a like and still less comprehensible series in
De Benedicta Incaniatione,