A Candid Inquiry into the Controversies among Evangelicals · §569

Annotatio IV §.XV: Lanfranc quotes Berengar — sacrament does not cease what it was; visible sign, invisible res

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Among opposing books, Lanfranc of Canterbury On the Truth of the Lord’s Body stands out — and repeats Berengar’s own words.

By altar consecration bread and wine become a Sacrament of Religion yet do not cease what they were; the Church’s sacrifice is visible sacrament plus invisible res (Christ’s body); sacraments are visible seals — the invisible things are what is honored.

Latin

Inter opposita verò Berengario Scripta, Lanfranci Cantuariensis de Veritate Corporis Domini in Eucharistia, liber eminet, sequentia Berengarii verba repetens: Per Consecrationem altaris, panis & vinum fiunt Sacramentum Religionis, non desinunt esse quod erant, sed ut in aliud mutentur & fiant quæ non erant. Iterum: Sacrificium Ecclesiæ duobus constat, visibili sacramento & invisibili re sacramenti, i. e. corpore Christi. Rursus: Sacramenta sunt Visibilia rerum divinarum signacula, sed res ipsæ invisibiles in eo honorantur.

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Samuel Strimesius — Prefatio through Controversiae Post Lutherum Controv. III-XIII + XV Tolerantia, Hexades Annotationum Prooemium and Annotatio I through Decem Theses / Francus plus Annotatio II §.I-§.VI and Annotatio III §.I–§.VII (through Cassellanum 1661) from Ingenua in Controversias Evangelicorum (Frankfurt an der Oder, 1708). Honest partial; Prefatio silence reasons, Annotatio III §.VIII+ fruits / §.IX+, Hexades theses body, deeper Controversiae / Part II remain.

English follows the locked 1708 Francofurti ad Viadrum Latin of Prefatio §I–II, Crimina defenses through III, Part I Protheoria through Controversiae Obices/Historia/Varii gradus, Formula Discord/Disparitas, Ulterius confirmatur / Classes / Formula protest / triplex differentia, Coena Domini Controversiae Priores through Precariae Hypotheses (Controv. print pp. 34–40), Controversiae Post Lutherum Natae Controv. III–XV tip (providence through De Tolerantia mutua; Controv. print pp. 40–78), Hexades Annotationum Prooemium H.I–§.III (Hexades print pp. 1–4 / PDF ~182–185), and Annotatio I De Augustana Confessione §.I–§.VIII tip (Hexades print pp. 5–24+ / PDF ~186–205+), reconstructed from Google Books PDF page images (ONB copy, id 3epYAAAAcAAJ) with pdftotext as check. No modern English was copied. Sister Halle digitization of Ingenua in Arminianismum (DOI 10.25673/65287) remains Anubis-blocked — skipped; Controversias only. Prefatio silence reasons, Annotatio I §.IX+, Hexades theses body beyond §.VIII, and remainder of Controversiae / folio remain.

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