The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-03-14
TNE lORp,s SUPPER.

Bishop Knin'S Reply to "a LutheFan's"
Last Letter on the Subject.
To he Editor u u. Ittslltpencr.
SIR:-I am amazed at the reply made
by your Grafton correspondent to my
question: "Did Luther teach the ubi-
putty OF Christ's body?" Flo answers
"He did mott" and adduces even the For
mula Of Concord to Substantial his de-
NAL. Permit me then, Mr.. Editor. to re-
fer alsp to the authority quoted and
therefore recognized by tho Lutheran
minister. ThatEormulaprofesses: Gods
right hand is everywhere; but at that
fright hand) Christ, in his humanity,
has been truly and really placed; thcrc-
fore he is present governing, (and) holds,
in his hand and under his feet, as the
Scripture says, "All things in Heaven
and on EARTH" Shortly after, II con-
tinues: 'He truly fills all (things) and
He is everywhere present, not only as
God but also as man, ruling from sea to
sea-" Now this doctrine contradicta the
Scripture. Lazarus IL deadj and | am
Glad for your sakes, that ! was not there,
tnAL you ull1 HeUuNoI WuHH ~ 4S.AuD
''He is not here: for Heisrisen," Matt,
xviii, g. This doctrine contradicts
the Apostles creed. teaching the con-
ception OF Christ, his nativity, passion,
death, resurrection from tho dead, ascen-
sion into Heaven and descent 10 Judge
the living and the dead, There ia no
need to elaborate thisargument. What.
| ever IL everywhere present, whether
locally or otherwise, can not he said TO
truly and properly move from place to
place; it can only be said to move met
aphorically--that il, to appear where II
was not seen before, but where 1t was in
reality; Just as God, who is truly present
everywhere, though not locally, cannot
be said to move, but only to appear and
manifest Himself, where before He was
not seen, though He really was there,
Now, II the body OF Christ has been
been everywhere present from the mo-
m6pt Of the Savior's conception, though
not everywhere locally, II could not he
said to ever truly move from place 10
place, but II this were 10, then He was
not truly born; His birth was only an
apparent or metaphorical birth,
Moreover this doctrine, or, 10 qualify
lit more properly, this error, Il opposed
to the reality Of Christie body in the
Eucharist, and only confirms the Zuing-
liam doctrine, which asdeVlSed to over
throw, For II the body OF Christ ID eve.
rywhere present from the moment Of
| the incarnation, We do not need the
sacrament Of tho Eucharist 10 render
4 present our Lords body. OF what use
then, Is the sacrament Of the Eucharist ?
Is the sacrament only sigh by which
we recognize the pFeselce ot-GhTlst'a
body? This ispure Zuinglianism. This
seems to be admitted further on, where
the FOrmplasays; Wherefore we have
Him Christ present not only according
to His divine nature, but also according
to His human nature according to which
he is our brother, and we are tlesh Of his
flesh and bone Of his bones. And 1t was
in fact Ms q confirmation OF this, that he
instituted his sacred supper-that he
might leslliy that ho 10 with VII apgard,
ing to that nature in which he has flesh
and blood that he dwellsfn rs, and wishei
to work lin usl eflicaciously." Besides,
II Christ's body " everywhere, " cannot
be truly taken with the bread though
consecrated, nor can his blood he drunk
with the wine though consecrated. Fol
bread and wine can be taken because
they are not everywhere and theFetOrt
they can truly pais from THO table to this
hand, from The hand TO the mouth, from
s the mouth to the stomach ;-all which
cannot be said Of Christ's body, II it il
already everywhere, OF what use then
repeat, Is tho HuehaFtsty IA Il, "
: Brentian, q celebrated Lqtheranl replies
only that We may have Christs bodl
probably (tgpiuSSSi) II ~ then onl!
the fruit, only the efficacy, only the Wy
tue Of his body that Is received in tn
Eucharist But the GRlyinists them
selves teach that,
Your correspondent seems to be full,
aware OF the fact that the charge brough
against Luther by Malancthop and oths