Tractatus de apostasia

English Works ol Wyclif,
notes.
referred to 3, ig
Erasmus, 129 note.
Essence, the, of an accident is to inhere formally
in its subject, in.
Essenes, 2.
Eucharist, the; is called bread in Scripture, 47;
if not thus understood, the authority of Holy
Writ is destroyed, 48, 49 called so ; by the
early Fathers, ib; is not a type, but Christ's
very Body, 52; figuratively, 55; bread in its
nature, it is not so in oiir mind's thought,
63, 64, 65, 70, 83, 84; a two-fold heresy
about it, 107; that it must be received fasting
is no argument against this doctrine, n3.
Three conclusions about the Eucharist, to be
defended unto death by all Catholics, 127;
three relative to it that
opinions
have obtained
since Christ, i3o it is a fantastical ; appearance,
according to Guitmundus, 175; is called by
the Church a terrestrial substance, 178.
Eusebius, 214, 216.
Evidence, three sorts of, 217—219.
Existence of Time, the Universal, and the
Sensible, the, is only in the mind that thinks
them, 62, 63.
Fallacy, the, of abstract, confounded with concrete
predication, i|3.
False prophets, 19.
Fathers, the, of "the first millenary, the only
true guides, 66, 70, 80.
First monks, the, lived solitary, 40.
Five sorts of words spoken "by the man of
God, 25, 26.
Flattery engenders sons of the devil. 25.
Flint changed into glass, 82, 83, 170.
Fishacre of Devonshire, 195 and note.
Foot of pride, the, signifies the beginning of
pride, 20.
Form, different meanings of the word, 84, note.
Formaliter, senses of the word, i33, note.
Francis, St., 14.
Friars could not lawfully become Bishops, were
the latter state not more perfect, 12; are not
consistent with their own principles, 23;
prefer the favour of men and the prosperity
of their Order to God's law, 24; have ships,
jewels, rich houses, fine churches, and are
thus apostates, 32; are wanting in charity
amongst themselves, 33; yet if they give
hospitality to minstrels, "they should be
hospitable to their own brethren, 33, 34; and
should this hospitality destroy the distinction
of Orders, it would "be well", ib.; their so-
phistical arguments in favour of simony, 39;
F. compared at length to wild geese, 43;
they stir up princes to war, and sow discord
in the Church, 44; the good they do is more
than counterbalanced by the harm, ib.; they
never oppose the accident theory, 64.
Fulgentius, author of De fide ad'Petrum, 129,
note; quoted as Augustine, 129, 232.
Gandofilus, of no value as a witness to the
Eucharistic doctrine, 194.
Gandofolus, 83.
Gelasius, St., his work at the Ritual of the
Mass, 249.
Gift, the, of the Friars' goods to the Pope, 243.
Gilbert de la Porree, 120 and note.
Gloria in excelsis, the, by whom inserted in
the Mass, 249.
Gloss, the, explains Augustine wrongly, 9;
should not be heeded, 53, 54, 57; quoted, 87;
INDEX. 257
it
destroys
the value ol authority by wrong
explanations. 190; but this can be done on
the other side too, 191,
Goethals, Henry, 75 and note.
God does not delude men by false appearances,
85; (i. the primordial Form, i35.
Gog and Magog; etymology of names, 77; they
think that worldly power increases holiness,
ib.} their 10? their ; sophistry, power. 106.
Good men, living in the Sects as roses amongst
thorns, probably see their errors before they
die, i5.
in all
Gospel, the, can be explained away
things, if in one, 5o.
Greeks, their faith as to the Holy Eucharist, 89.
Gregory. St., quoted, 14 and note, 21, 82, 2i5;
was the author of an Antiphonarium and
ordered the Kyrie eleison to be sung at
Mass, 2 18.
Grosseteste, Robert, bishop of Lincoln, quoted,
26; his opinion on the Eucharist examined,
62—64, 120, i35, 181, ig3.
Guitmundus, quoted, 126, 128.
Habit, the, of a worldly monk, compared to a
shroud covering a corpse, 27.
Henry of Ghent (Goethals), 73.
Heretics concerning the Eucharistic question
should have no alms till they set down their
belief in writing, i5o.
Higden's (Cestrensis) Polychronicon quoted, 10,
43, 235.
Hildegard, St., and note.
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Historia Scholastica, quoted, 2.
Honorius III authorised the Friars, n.
Hugo of St. Victor, quoted, 8, 62, 225, 226.
Hypostatic union; real presence
of Christ in
the Eucharist comes very near to that union,
224
Idiots know more about the Host than the
priests do, 68.
Ignatius, St., quoted, 216, 227, 245.
Ignorance of the clergy as to what the Sacra-
ment is, 57 ; of the Friars, 60.
Impanation impossible. 83, 209.
Imprisonment for breaking vows, unlawful, 9,
238.
Indulgences given by God to every repentant
sinner, without the Pope's intervention, 35.
Influence and perverse meddlesomeness of the
Friars, 41.
Injustice in the repartition of endowments, 88.
Innocent I, St.; his work at the Ritual, 249.
Innocent III, opposed the first beginnings of
the Friars, 10; his decision about the Eucharist,
65; can be understood in a Wycliffian
sense, ib. and 164, 192, 199, 200; hislevying
of tribute on England, 66, 204; his decision
concerning the Trinity, 68. 69; I. not to be
believed unless following Scripture, 65, 200;
answer to arguments on Papal authority, 201,
202. Said by Wyclif to have asserted that
the matter o"f bread and wine remains after
consecration, 134, i35, 23.(. and note; was
wrong to meddle with the question, 172.
Insoluble difficulties arise in three ways, 34;
application of this doctrine to the "Friars,
34 , 35.
Intensity, the, of quality in the Eucharist would
be infinite, if quality could stand alone, 167.
Intrigues among the Friars, 39.
Isaac, Christ offered up with, 160.
lsidorus, St., quoted, 169, 211.
Jerome, St., quoted, 5o, 80, 171, 212, 2i3, 228, 229.
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