The Council of Trent examin'd and disprov'd by Catholick tradition in the main points in controversie between us and the Church of Rome with a particular account of the times and occasions of introducing them : Part 1 : to which a preface is prefixed concerning the true sense of the Council of Trent and the notion of transubstantiation.
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- The Council of Trent examin'd and disprov'd by Catholick tradition in the main points in controversie between us and the Church of Rome with a particular account of the times and occasions of introducing them : Part 1 : to which a preface is prefixed concerning the true sense of the Council of Trent and the notion of transubstantiation.
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- Stillingfleet, Edward, 1635-1699.
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- 1688.
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- Catholic Church -- Controversial literature.
- Council of Trent (1545-1563)
- Transubstantiation.
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"The Council of Trent examin'd and disprov'd by Catholick tradition in the main points in controversie between us and the Church of Rome with a particular account of the times and occasions of introducing them : Part 1 : to which a preface is prefixed concerning the true sense of the Council of Trent and the notion of transubstantiation." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A61532.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 16, 2024.
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of Sins. And this two-fold Power the Church of Rome expresses by a double Form, one of delivering the Ves∣sels with Accipe Potestatem, &c. the other of Imposition of Hands, with Accipe Spiritum Sanctum.
But the Greek Church wholly omits the former, on which the greatest weight is laid in the Latin Church, and many think the Essential Form lies in it. When the Office of Ordination is over, the Book of the Liturgy, cal∣led 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 is delivered to the Presbyter, but without any words; and there is no mention of it in their Ri∣tuals, either Printed or MSS. so likewise a parcel of conse∣crated Bread is delivered by the Bishop to him afterwards. And all the Form is, The Divine Grace advances such an one to the Office of a Presbyter.
If we compare this with the Form in the Council of Florence, we shall find no agreement either as to Matter or Form, in this Sacrament, between the Greek and La∣tin Churches. For there the Matter is said to be that by which the Order is conferred, viz. the delivery of the Cha∣lice with Wine, and the Paten with the Bread; and the Form, Receive the Power of offering Sacrifice for the Li∣ving and the Dead. And it is hardly possible to suppose these two Churches should go upon the same Tradition. I know what pains Arcudius hath taken to reconcile them; but as long as the Decree of Eugenius stands, and is received in the Church of Rome, it is impossible. And Catumsyritus labours hard to prove, that he hath endea∣voured thereby to overthrow the whole Order of Priesthood in the Roman Church.
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S••••. 2••. de 〈◊〉〈◊〉. Or••i••. C••••. 1.