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CAP. XV. HE APOSTASI \. 2o5<br />
doctores ex auctoritate scripture, quod illud sacramentum<br />
sit corpus Christi, ita concedunt quod acci<strong>de</strong>ns<br />
sine subiecto sit eciam corpus Christi. Et ista est maior But also a<br />
blasfemia: quia illud acci<strong>de</strong>ns vel nichil est vel vacuum; blasphemy and<br />
5 et conce<strong>de</strong>re hoc <strong>de</strong> corpore Christi et <strong>de</strong>o foret summa G is "either<br />
r<br />
°?.<br />
nothing, nor a<br />
Masfemia. void.<br />
R. I<strong>de</strong>o non est in potestate antichristi vel <strong>de</strong>i illud The pope has<br />
'<br />
statuere. Sed sicut fabulatur quod presbyter Johannes p jtcn f<br />
pran<strong>de</strong>ndo eloquitur: "nunc comedat totus mundus," madness, that<br />
1<br />
»<br />
' he claim-, .<br />
. .<br />
to<br />
iosic posset papa occiduus ca<strong>de</strong>re in tantam maniam dispense even<br />
, j . . •<br />
• •<br />
, , • (iod's grace.<br />
quod credat totum residuum mundi, tarn in temporahbus<br />
quam in spiritualibus ex suo arbitrio <strong>de</strong>pen<strong>de</strong>re:<br />
et virtute potestatis huius sine fundamento vel subiecto,<br />
non sine ipso ecclesiam gubernari; ita quod non solum<br />
sublunares, sed eciam omnia<br />
Aiof> c omnes res corporales |<br />
spiritualia dona <strong>de</strong>i ut gracie et virtutes ab ipso <strong>de</strong>pen<strong>de</strong>ant.<br />
Hoc autem est tarn blasfemum cre<strong>de</strong>re, sicut This is as mad<br />
o c t" /~\ coy fll'lt<br />
quod corpus Christi sit in natura inperfeccius quam Christ's body<br />
stercus ratonis. Rato enim est animal melancolicum, et J? less 5er 5? c ' J<br />
than rat s .<br />
dirt;<br />
20 mania secundum philosophos ex melancolia tor gignitur; the rat is a<br />
Gen.<br />
Magog autem legitur Genes, fuisse filius Yoseph, cuius "animal -<br />
J<br />
' '<br />
generacio dicitur partes occiduas magis melancolicas melancholy<br />
occupasse. Negabitur lex conversionis, quin sequitur, madness ; and<br />
•<br />
c \- u * /~i_ ..• Magog dwelt in<br />
"inperteccius quam alia substancia est corpus Christi: the west where<br />
25 igitur corpus Christi est inperfeccius quam alia sub- men re<br />
? .<br />
r r -1 melancholy.<br />
.<br />
stancia". Et antece<strong>de</strong>ns patet ex posicione, cum hoc<br />
sacramentum sit corpus Christi, et ipsum sacramentum<br />
sit inperfeccius quam aliqua substancia. Et ultra vi<strong>de</strong>- We must se ek<br />
.<br />
r n .... . arguments that<br />
tur sequi, cum corpus Christi sit aliqua substancia plena give us more<br />
B 1 i3 b<br />
gracie et veritatis, quod |<br />
corpus<br />
Christi sit naturaliter<br />
inperfeccius quam corpus Christi. Cum igitur non sequitur:<br />
"Papa Innocencius cum concilio Lateranensi <strong>de</strong>crevit<br />
istam sentenciam: igitur verum" ; oportet querere<br />
aliam evi<strong>de</strong>nciam antequam illud concedi <strong>de</strong>beat tan-<br />
35 quam fi<strong>de</strong>s; argumentum enim fi<strong>de</strong>i <strong>de</strong>bet exce<strong>de</strong>re<br />
quodcunque argumentum topicum.<br />
9. predicando B. 20. maniacum BCD. 26— 28. Et antece<strong>de</strong>ns —<br />
substancia <strong>de</strong>est BCD. 20. alia C. 32. Innocencius tercius BCD.<br />
8. See note supra, p.<br />
2<br />
169.<br />
3. The text is perhaps corrupt<br />
here; or Wyclif may be joking. The latter supposition<br />
seems probable. If we compare this with the text that follows,<br />
we tind that he objects to any reasoning that is not conclusive.<br />
What prece<strong>de</strong>s mav be a specimen, like the Scholastic jest:<br />
Caesar vicit Pompeium ; ergo datur purgatorium.<br />
probability.
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