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The other part of Christian questions and answers which is concerning the sacraments, writ[n]…The other parte of Christian questions and answeares which is concerning the sacraments, writte[n]…
The other part of Christian questions and answers which is concerning the sacraments, writ[n] by Theodore Beza Vezelian: to which is added a large table of the same questions. Translated out of Latin into English by John Field.The other parte of Christian questions and answeares which is concerning the sacraments, writte[n] by Theodore Beza Vezelian: to which is added a large table of the same questions. Translated out of Latine into Englishe by Iohn Field.
London: printed by Thomas Dawson for Thomas Woodcocke, 1580
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
60. Question.
And why also callest thou that communicating [an uniting & knitting together?
And why also callest thou that communicating [an vniting & knitting togeather?
Answer. ⟨image 55⟩Because the whole Scripture witnesseth that we must be made one with Christ, that we must be incorporated into Christ, & be knit to him as members to the head, so that he may live in us, and we in him. Now this connection we affirm to be not only of a certain consent, as when Luke writeth1 that the hearts and souls of the believers was one: but also natural, or as Cyril hath very well written, that so must be understood the communion of Christ himself.
Answeare. ⟨image 55⟩Because the whole Scripture witnesseth that we must be made one with Christ, that we must be incorporated into Christ, & beknit to him as mēbers to the heade, so that he may liue in vs, and we in him. Now this connexion wee affirme to bee not onely of a certaine consent, as when Luke writeth