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A vindication of the Animadversions on Fiat lux
A vindication of the Animadversions on Fiat lux wherein the principles of the Roman church, as to moderation, unity and truth are examined and sundry important controversies concerning the rule of faith, papal supremacy, the mass, images, &c. discussed / by John Owen.
London: printed for Ph. Stephens, 1664
A Vindication of the Animadversions on Fiat Lux. › Chapter 19
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2. Besides they say you hereby teach them, that one and the same body of Christ which is in heaven, is also on the Altar, not by an impletion of the whole space between heaven and earth, that some part of it should be in heaven, and some on earth; but that the one body which is in heaven, and whilst it is there, is also on the Altar in the Accidents of Bread, which upon the matter is, that one and the same body is two, yea an hundred or a thousand, according as in the Mass you are pleased to multiply it. Now that one and the same body should be locally divided or separated from its self, that whilst that one body is on the Altar, that other one body which is the same, should be in heaven, your Countrymen think to imply a Contradiction.
2. Besides they say you hereby teach them, that one and the same body of Christ which is in heaven, is also on the Altar, not by an impletion of the whole space between heaven and earth, that some part of it should be in heaven, and some on earth; but that the one body which is in heaven, and whilest it is there, is also on the Altar in the Accidents of Bread, which upon the matter is, that one and the same body is two, yea an hundred or a thousand, according as in the Mass you are pleased to multiply it. Now that one and the same body should be locally divided or separated from its self, that whilest that one body is on the Altar, that other one body which is the same, should be in heaven, your Countreymen think to imply a Contradiction.
3. And so also they do that a body should be in any place, and yet not as a body, but as a Spirit. For whereas you say that whole Christ is contained under each Species of Bread and Wine, and under every the most minute part of either Species, as your Council speaks, you make the body of Christ to be whole in the whole, and whole in every part; when the very nature of a body requires that it have parts extra parts, its parts distinct from one another, and those occupying their distinct particular places. But you make the body of Christ neither to be compassed in, nor to fill the place wherein it is, that is, to be in a place, and not to be in a place. For if it be a body, and be under the Species of bread and wine upon the Altar, it is in a place; and if it be not comprehended in that space where it is, and doth fill it, it is not in a place, and therefore is there, and is not there at the same time.