An Orthodox Catechism

    The Summe of Christian Religion (1587), Zacharias Ursinus

    Question 78

    THE SECOND PART, OF MANS DELIVERIE

    1. Are then the bread and wine, made the verie bodie and bloud of Christ?

      No verily. But as the water of baptisme is not turned into the bloud of Christ, but is only a sign and pledge of those thinges that are sealed to vs in Baptisme: So neither is the bread of the Lords Supper the verie bodie of ; Christ: Although according to the manner of Sacramentes, and that ; forme of speaking of them which is vsuall vnto the holy Ghost, the bread is called the body of Christ. ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;