"IT IS HE (CHRIST) HIMSELF WHO SAYS, MY FLESH IS MEAT INDEED, AND MY BLOOD IS DRINK INDEED. HE THAT EATS MY FLESH, AND DRINKS MY BLOOD, REMAINS IN ME, AND I IN HIM.' THERE IS NO ROOM LEFT FOR DOUBTING OF THE FLESH AND
THE BLOOD; FORAS
and confound our adversaries! But Now, mark the words! I must lay the book down, merely running my eye over it, and stating, that I find as I go on most copious extracts from St. Hilary, St. Cyril of Jerusalem, St. Gregory of Na- zianzum, St. James of Nisibis, St. Ephrem of Edessa, St. Gregory of Nyssa, St. Optatus of Milevis, St. Epiphanius, St. Ambrose, St. Jerome, St. Acterius, St. Augustine of Alexandria, St. Leo the Great, St. Proclus, St. Isidore of Pelusium, and from the council of Ephesus, in the year 431, and the council of Chalcedon in the year 451; all ac- knowledging in the clearest, most explicit, and incontrovertible lan- guage, the uncontested primacy of Peter and his successors!
MUCH AS BY THE DECLARATION OF OUR LORD HIMSELF, AND BY WHAT OUR FAITH PROFESSES, IT IS TRULY FLESH AND TRULY BLOOD. Is not THIS THE TRUTH? LET IT BE CALLED IN QUESTION BY THOSE ALONE WHO DENY THAT CHRIST JESUS IS TRUE GOD!"
There, my friends! there is glorious testimony to lower the towering crest of my learned opponent. I shall conclude this discussion, What! shall I be told exultingly my friends-as my opponent made by my antagonist in the recapione more attempt, and a feeble tulation of the exploits he has one it was, to overturn that eternal achieved since the commencement dogma of Transubstantiation-not of this discussion, that, amongst by selecting, but by taking at others, he has, to use his own random, the first extract from the rather inelegant words, smashed fathers on the subject that shall for ever the doctrine of Transubstanpresent itself to my view on open-tiation? ing this immortal production of the Rev. Mr. Kirk, "The Faith of Catholics!"
Here it is-the great St. Hilary, in the year of our Lord 353! Listen most attentively :
Ipse enim ait, Caro mea vere est esca, et sanguis meus vere est potus. Qui edit carnem meam et bibit sanguinem meum, in me manet, et ego in eo. De veritate carnis et sanguinis, non relictus est ambigendi locus; nunc enim et ipsius Domini professione et fide nostra vere caro est, et vere sanguis est. Et hæc accepta atque hausta id efficiunt, ut et nos in Christo, et Christus in nobis sit. Anne hoc veritas non est? contingat planè his verum non esse, qui Christum Jesum verum esse Deum negent."-St. Hilary, Edil. Erasmi, vol. i. p. 136.
But what says St. Hilary?
Why - "Let the doctrine be doubted by those alone who deny that Christ Jesus is true God."
Talk after this of smashingthere's a smasher for you, my learned, my reverend antagonist. [Sensation.] St. Hilary, you see, by this denunciation, sends men like you to join the ranks of the Unitarians. I adjure you then, my Protestant friends, who seek for truth, not conquest, most solemnly to weigh the meaning of those words which I have just read to you from the mognum æri sui lumen, the greut light of his age, as Erasmus designates him, from whose edition I have quoted it. Answer me within yourselves. Is it not too bad-is it not intolerable—is it not disgustingly repulsive, after such an illus
trious testimony of such an early for all the many galling, taunting epithets bestowed on you, of affected esteem for your benighted, wander ing souls-[laughter]—join with me, but in silence-you silent, widi
century as that which I have just laid before you, to hear a frothy declaimer in the nineteenth century bellowing out, over and over again, that Paschasius Radbert, for-I repeat thanks to the Almighty sooth, a poor obscure monk in the Inspirer, by whom I have been so ninth century, invented the glorious powerfully assisted in this discussion, dogma? I really think that, if the and whilst I exclaim boldly on the learned gentleman has not blushed part of the Catholics, Parta tie for these ten years past, it is high toria est," "The victory is won! the time for a little distinguishable tinge enemy of Catholicity is vanquished!" to suffuse his cheek this evening; Rev. J. CUMMING and many others it is high time for his admirers to exclaimed, No! no!" which was nang down their heads and blush followed by applause and hisses. around him. For tell me, my Pro- Order being with difficulty restored, testant friends, when ye read this votes of thanks were unanimously doctrine of Transubstantiation thus passed to the respective chairmer, heralded forth by St. Hilary in who briefly returned thanks. the year of our Lord 353, can you upon any future occasion listen with patience, I should rather say with endurance, to the loud blast of the Calvinistic trumpet in the mouth of my reverend opponent, solemnly, gravely, pompously proclaiming that the doctrine taught by St. Hilary in the year 353, was invented by Paschasius Radbert, who was not born before the ninth century!!! The happy collocation, my friends, of this glorious extract, for which I am indebted to the blundering of The audience, which entirely filled my friend, will shine, I confidently the spacious room, then retired in trust, in the last part of this discus- the greatest possible order, appar sion, as a glittering jewel to the ently highly gratified. enlightenment of innumerable eyes; or, to speak less figuratively, to the conversion of innumerable souls to the Catholic religion. And as to you,
my Catholic friends, by way of con- sclation for all the copious abuse which you have experienced so often during the course of this discussion,
A gentleman then rose and said, "I have a resolution to submit, which I am perfectly sure you wil all approve of. It is, That the thanks of this assembly be presented to the Committee of the British
and Foreign School Society for the hear," and applause.] use of the present room." ["Hear,
GEORGE FINCH, Esq., then rese to state that the meeting was now concluded.
We certify that this Report is faithfully and correctly given :
J. CUMMING, M.A.
D. FRENCH,
Barrister-at-Lew
CHAS. MAYBURY ARCHER, Reporter.
SPEECHES DELIVERED BY THE REV. JOHN CUMMING, A.M.
Abel, the first Protestant, 152. Absolution, judicial, as practised by Romish priests, objected against by sundry of the fathers, 9, 570, 571; declared by Augus- tine to be a blasphemous assumption, 567. A'Becket, Thomas, bis shrine at Canterbury, 234.
Access to God, Protestant doctrine of, 217. Altar, the true, 151.
Angel of the Lord, is the Lord Jehovah, 231. Antiquity, the true primitive, 258. Apocrypha not inspired, 319; not sanc- tioned by fathers, 372.
Aquinas, Thomas, the seraphic doctor, de- crees the extermination of heretics, 50; Romanists pray for grace to follow his doctrine, 75; measures the degree of ido- latry due to various images, 564. Altar, Protestant and Romish, 139. Augustine asserts that Christ is figuratively eaten in the Sacrament, 593. 'Amapáßßaтov, translation of the word, 209.
Babylon, exhortation to flee out of, and take shelter in Christ, 649, 650. Baronius, his testimony against the corrup- tions of Popery, 407. Bellarmine, Cardinal, admits that Scripture does not prove Transubstantiation, 53; acknowledges that the Protestant interpre- tation of John vi. is received by several writers of his Church, 49.
Bible, the, an appeal to it alone is not Deism, 60; English version of, admitted to be fallible, 80; the most accurate ever made, 318; glorious fulness of, 401-403; its inspiration proved by Rev. Hartwell Horne, 497-502; contrasted with Popery, 641; duty of studying, 642; sufficiency of, as a Rule of Faith and practice, 648. Bible, Douay, and Authorized Version, re- spective translators of, 475; bears out Mr. Cumming's interpretations, 561; ad- mits that Babylon means Rome, 563; Romish versions of, approximating more and more to Protestant, 529. Blasphemy, superlative against Christ, 605. Bolandists, their disgusting absurdities, 256. Bossuet, his commendations of extermina- tors of heretics, 565.
Bolger, Mr., his bequest for masses, 183.
Cain, the first Romish sacrificer, 152; his sacrifice an unbloody one, 174.
Christ, his human flesh did not come down from heaven, 37; if in the wafer, his body is broken up, 78; sufficiency of his one offering proved, 146-149; must suffer as often as offered, 148; treason against, to be met and repelled, 317; his advocacy all- sufficient, 325, 326; his body spiritually discerned in the Sacrament, 120.
Church cleansed by the Reformation; pri- mitive, heresies and divisions existed in it, 508; scriptural and apostate, strong con- trast between, 649.
Church of Rome, denies salvation out of her pale, 24; splendours of, her ceremonies do not feed the soul, 175; disgracefully visi- ble, 114; treats the fathers like syco- phants, 122; dependent on wine-merchant and baker for a true Sacrament, 125; teaches hard thoughts of God, 150; por trait of, by Sir E. Sandys, 400; teaches things contrary to Christ's commandments, 436; her fanaticism, 509; inconsistencies of, 510; her unity that of the Tipperary volun- teers, 511; her infallibility hard to find, 536; gives a false gospel, dazzles, deludes and destroys, 607; her corruptions testified against by Baronius, Genebrard, and the Council of Pisa, 433.
Chrysostom shows the utility of reading Scripture, 474.
Cyprian against Papal supremacy, 640. Confessional, iniquities of the, stated by Nolan and O'Crolly, 605, 606.
Decretals of Gratian, their provision for the unmarried, 606. Delahogue admits communion in both kinda till twelfth century, 80. Discussion, the, its origin, 5. Dominic, preposterous stories of, 256. Dupin on ecclesiastical history, and on the ancient Liturgies, 171; his character, 594; his honesty, 363.
Eagle, the, a type of the believer, 261. Earth, the, canonized, 313.
Eucharist, the, how received by the Churches | Fear of Hell pronounced by Pope Bene-
of England and Scotland, as set forth in the Thirty-nine Articles, and the Scottish and Westminster Confessions, 6, 7; Protest- ant doctrine concerning, held by various fathers, 9.
Evidence, internal, of the Holy Scriptures, 646.
Fathers, the, fallible, contradictory, unau- thorised, and their writings mutilated, 8; early, not in our possession, 254; several of, as Ambrose, Athanasius, Augustine, Chrysostom, Cyprian, Irenæus, and Jerome, virtually under the Papal anathema, 255; afford strong testimonies against many of the Romish doctrines, as AUGUSTINE protests against praying in an unknown tongue, against Purgatory, against Mary's maternal assumptions, and against Priestly Absolutions, 566, 567. JEROME asserts that Scripture is the sole Rule of Faith; that, wherever true faith is found, there is the Church; that all Bishops are equal; that Christ is the Rock; that the Church is the assembly of all the saints; that the Apocrypha is uninspired; and that the judicial absolving power of the priests is usurped, 568-570. CHRYSOSTOM denies that Peter's person is the founda- tion; that any but God can forgive sins; that auricular confession is necessary; or that any minor intercessors are required. He also enforces the reading of Scripture, 571, 572. ORIGEN enforces the necessity of reading Scripture, and the spiritual meaning of eating Christ's flesh and drinking his blood, 572. ATHANASIUS protests against creature worship, 572. CYRIL of Alexandria against Purgatory, 573. CYRIL of Jerusalem rejects the Apocrypha, and makes Scripture the Standard of Faith, 573. JUSTIN MARTYR writes against the Mass and Transubstan- tiation, 573. EUSEBIUS calls the conse- crated elements symbols, ibid. THEO- DORET denies that Angels are to be wor- shipped, and maintains Salvation by Grace, 574. GREGORY NAZIANZEN avers the true succession to be that of doctrine, ibid. TERTULLIAN makes the Sacrament the figure of Christ's body, ibid. BROSE denies the judicial power of the priesthood in forgiving sins, and contra- dicts Peter's supremacy, ibid. BASIL sets forth the Scriptures as a Rule of Faith, and salvation by grace, ibid. CYPRIAN is against Supremacy, Purgatory, Images, and Priestly Absolution, 575. HILARY denies Purgatory, and aid by the merit of others; and makes the Scripture the Rule of Faith, and salvation the free gift of God through faith, ibid. CLEMENS ROMANUS does the same, 576; and GRE- GORY THE GREAT denounces as Anti- christ whosoever shall take the title of Universal Bishop, ibid.
Fathers, not unanimous, 124, 365, 369; mo- dern divines have advantages over the, 176.
dict XIV. a sufficient qualification for heaven, 596; considered by Mr. French as synonymous with fear of God, ibid.
Idolatry, dreadful specimen of, quoted by Mr. French, 250.
Jael has the same title to be worshipped as Mary, 323.
Jerome, inconsistencies and absurdities of,
Intermediate State, disproved by Isaiah lvii. 7; Eccles. xi. 3; John v. 24; 2 Cor. v. 1, 2; Luke ii. 29, 30; Luke xvi. 25; Acts vii. 56; Phil. i. 2, 3; Luke xxiii. 43 -394, 395.
Justin Martyr, his description of scriptural public worship, 129; calls the Sacrament a commemoration, 140. Interpretation, figurative, adopted by the Church of Rome, 31; the same in thirty- seven instances, 59; Augustine, Euse bius, and Origen quoted for figurative, 83. Ignatius holds that faith is the Lord's flesh, and love his blood, 26. Intention, doctrine of, 34. 'lepeus, a sacrificing priest, never applied to Ministers of the Gospel, 181.
Latria and Doulia, 227. Liturgies, ancient, Dupin on, 172. Liturgy of St. Peter, disproved by Dupin, ibid.; disproved by Cardinal Bona, 172; of SS. Mark and James, forgeries, ibid. AeToupé, translation of the word, 636. Aerovpria, does not mean a Propitiatory Sacrifice, 178.
Luther, not quite rid of Popish corruptions, 614; no part of our Rule of Faith, 563. Liguori, his singular merits in the way of self-flagellation, 601.
Malachi i. 11, applied by Papists to the Mass-Douay translation, 220.
Mass, the Latin canon of, 171; of the Ethiopians or St. Matthew, a forgery, 172; asserted by the Canon of Trent to be an unbloody sacrifice, and to remit sins; but without shedding of blood there is no remission, 180; a cheat, or God's word deceives, 181; a propitiatory sacrifice re- tained by the Eastern Churches, 212; the dogma of, reasons for its spread, 212; if not wine but blood, strange it should intoxicate, 120; not apostolic, 125; if true, Christ has been offered up 400,000,000 times in forty years, 146; called a finite sacrifice by Bellarmine, 182; asserted to be a propitiatory sacrifice, by the Creed of Pius IV., by canons of Trent, and by Doyle's Abridgment of Christian Doctrine,
Masses, prices of, 182; Mr. Bolger's bequest | Romanism obliged to take the garb of for, 183.
Mother of God, when first applied to Mary, 171; remarks on the term, 211. Milner, Dean, his History mutilated in Mr. French's quotations, 465; his testimony against Popery, 467, 468.
Missions of Romish Church, not scriptural, 480, 481.
Missal Romanum, awful blasphemy of, 33, 34.
Murder, wholesale, instigated by Pope Pius V., 611.
Massacre of 20,000 Protestants, Papal exulta- tion at, 613; of St. Bartholomew, 611; medal struck in commemoration of, 613. MuσTηptov, twenty-six times translated Mys- tery, only once Sacrament, in the Rhemish Testament, 560.
Infidelity to wound Protestantism, 495. Rome shrouds the Sun of Righteousness from men's eyes, 152.
Romish Doctors maintain that Christ's soul went to hell in the way of punishment. 558.
Rule of Faith, Romish, not producible, 405; difficult to prove, 408; bulk and weight of, 470; contradictions of, 540; Protestant, produced, 405; not affected by differences of opinion among Protestants, as the Romish is by differences among them- selves, 540; triumphant all-sufficiency of, 648.
Salvation, full, free, and priceless, 222; as taught in the Romish Church, rests on a contingency. Truth, holiness, and justice, concur in the Gospel plan of salvation, 151.
Papists, invitation to them to receive the Saints in heaven, unable to hear prayer, 286; Gospel, 649, 650.
Passover, the, a symbol, 32.
Peter, a staunch Protestant, 228; supremacy of, overthrown by Augustine, 507. Paris, Archbishop of, with hundreds of his followers, worshipped the Goddess of Reason, 510.
Patrick, St. his endless repetitions, 596. Philip, St. and the Devil, ib. Prayer to God, universal privilege and effi- cacy of, 232; to the Virgin, specimens of, 284, 285; blasphemous, 292-294; for the dead, not to be confounded with Purgatory, 358.
Protestant unity, one hope, one faith, one baptism, one God, 511, 512. Protestants, Papalized, abandoned to the enemy, 283; too much Popery remaining among them, 646.
Protestantism, its text, 153.
Pope's denunciation of religious liberty, 605. Popes and Councils, reciprocal railings between, 559.
Purgatory, not sanctioned by the fathers, 369; the true, 393; of St. Patrick, de- scription of, 391; disproved by Heb. ix. 25; 1 John ii. 2; Rev. i. 5, 6-394. Priesthood, sacrificing, not ordained in the Christian Church, 143; argument against a succession of, from Heb. vii. 145. Prodigal Son, an encouragement to all, 261. Parable of the lost sheep, 287.
Quotation, mistakes in, made by Mr. French, 538.
Regicide, lawfulness and propriety of, proved by Gregory de Valentia, Jolet, Bellarmine, Sauvez, Salmeron, Lerarius, Molina, Emmanuel, the Seraphic Thomas, and a dozen others. Denied by Dr. Murray and Mr. French, 564.
Relics, inventory of sundry curious and precious ones, 599.
Rosa Sta., her marvellous doings, 600,
on earth, allowable to ask their prayers, 225. Scripture, its excellency as a Rule of Faith proved, by 2 Timothy iii. 16, 17; Psalm xix. 7; John v. 39; John xx. 31-440, 441; blessed nature of, proved by its effects, 646; glory of, compared to the sun, 647. Sandys, Sir Edwin, his opinion misrepre- sented, 399-401.
Success in making proselytes no test of truth, 437. Scape-goat, 218.
Septuagint preferred to the original Hebrew, by Mr. French, 639.
Spirits, seven, before the throne, Augustine and Gregory Nazianzen on them, 230, 231.
Traditions, corrupted, 433; contemned by Matt. xv. 1, 2, 3; Mark vii. 5, 6, 8; 1 Pet. i. 18, 19; 2 Thess. ii.-439. Transubstantiation, doctrine of, as esta- blished by the Canons and Catechism of the Council of Trent and Creed of Pope Pius IV., 5, 6; first started by Rhadbert Pascasius in the ninth century. Scotus admits it was only rendered neces- sary to believe it by the decree of the Fourth Council of Lateran, A.D. 1215. Duremetus, Bishop of Meaux, said he would not believe it, as the Church did not compel him, 14; disproved by Acts iii. 21; Matt. xxvi. 11; and 2 Cor. v. 16; also by Matt. xxiv. 26-10,11; if true, Christ's body is not a real body, 12; evi- dence of senses against, 28, 29; absurdities and impossibilities involved in the prin- ciple of, 29; so anomalous, that only the most positive and inevitable declaration of God's word could establish it, 54; Cardi- nals Camarensis, Roffensis, Cajetan, and Scotus, against it, 85; awfully degrading to Christ, 87; Isidore and Augustine quoted, against Transubstantiation, 215; disproved by a passage quoted by Mr. French from the Book of Common Prayer in support of it, 115.
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