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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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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.
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 partes extra partes, 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.
4. And moreover we all know that the Consecrated wafer bears no proportion to the true natural body of Christ, and yet this is said to be contained under that. So that the body contained is much greater and farther extended, then the body that contains it, or the space wherein it is; for it is so under the Host as not to be elsewhere, unless in another Host.