Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-04-18
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Rev. Father McEIiig ott Continues His CT
cism Of Rev. MIR, Dryden's Lecture.

ed in the REGISTER of to-day, he still
quotes the Fathers against the doctrine of
T'ransubstantiation. The first quotation
be cites against our doctrine is from the
s5,h chapter OF st. Justin, one of the ear
lest Apolcgists of the Church. 1 have
looked over and over again for the chapter
referred to in st. Justin's first Apology,
and have not been able to find it. The
truth is. Mr.. Editor, there are only seventy
one chapters in that Fathers first Apology,
and in proof of this assertion, will leave
st. Justin's work at the REGISTER Office,
where it msy be seen and perussd by Rev.
Mr.. d. and his friends between the hours
of two and five o'clock p. m. tomorrow.
When Rev. Mr.. D. tells me for certain
where the quotation from st. Justin is
found it will be time enough to show how
that Father, whom the Catholic Church
glories 10, and whose feast she celebrates
on the 14th of April, ably and eioquently
defended the dogma of characterization.
In the second quotation from Justin the
Martyr, the Rev. Mr.. D. gives no reference
at all. Why will he thus persist in with
holding the reference? Or why does he in
one instance give the chapter of the author
from whom he quotes, aud in the next
only a vague and indefinite reference :?
When have given quotations in support
of our doctri.e, l have uniformly given
the references; but this, Rev. Mr. D. has
not done for reasons best known to him
self. Rev. Mr.. d., after satisfying him
self that the above authorities count
against us, next observes that Christ can
not be present in the Sacrament OF the
Eucharist, because Of the indignities to
which He is exposed, v. 6. corruption By
the necessary process OF Indigestion, the
possibi ity OF being devouIed BIZ the flames,
&c. To this objection l reply, that the
glorified body 10 the sacramento state Is
not subject 10 such indignities or proiana-
tians-Christ dieth now no more can
suffer low no more. stated distinctly,
Rev. Sir, in my letter of yesterday, that
Christ's body is present in the
Eucharist, not in the natural man
ner in which bodies show themselves,
but sacrsmen.ally, superraturaliy aud
in the g,nrifiei state. The next testimony
adduced By Rev Mr. d is from Tertulliap.
This able writer teaches passin, the doc
trine OF the Eucharist as held by the
Catholic Church, viz, the presence Of the
real body and blood of Jesus Christ. II
In one place or another he uses the word
figure, as in the quotation given by Rev.
Mr. D., it certaioly must have a special
mesninC-it must be explained in accord
snce with his uniform teaching, He surely
does not contradict himself! The circum-
stances in which Tertullian was placed,
and the character of the discussion in
which he was engaged explain the special
sense in which he used the word figure or
symbol. Origen is next cited By Rev. Mr..
d. in support of his position. Rev. Mr.. d.
saws: "Romanists teach that in the Eu-
chsrist we eat the true body Of our Lord
and drink His blood" and they contra
dict this Father" Not 30 fast, Rev. Sir
Catholics agree with Oigen that the
words, except ye eat My flesh and drink
Ny blood, )" if taken according to the letter,
i. 9. in the carpal manner understood by
80 many Of the Jews at Capernaum,
kill. Origen in 18th HON in Jerem says:
"Hs Christ will give to thee that bread
of benediction, His own body, and will
vouchsafe to thee His own blood" Rev.
Mr.. D.'s quotation from st. Gelasius
proves nothing against the Real Presence
or Reconsideration. He has been told
more than once that the metaphysics OF
former days had language now no longer
in use. For example. they attach to the
words ndtard and substantial different
sense from what we give to nature and
substance. Aristotle, Cicero, Virgil and
Horace use these words for the qualities
and properties of beings. Let us cite the
celebrated Leibnitz, renowned Protestant
writer, whose Judgment Rev. Mr.. d g
learned adherents will surely respect Our
citation is Just TO the point. He (f4eih-
nitz) says: 'Gelasius, the Roman Pontiff,
gives rs to understand that the bread is
changed into the body OF Christ, while the
nature of the bread remains--he means tho
qualities or accidents. For in those days
they did not express themselves
with perfect precision and metaphysical
accuracy. In tie same sense Theodoret
says that in this change which he calls
metaLOlG the mystic symbols are not de
prived of their proper nature. "tSyst. Theol.
p 227).
Rev Mr.. D. also quotes from Eussbius
have before me copy of this writer's
works, but fail to find the passages referred
to. In order that he may verify his cita-
ton and indicate more satisfactorily the
quotation in question, copy of Eusebius
will be left together with the one of st.
Justin at the REGISTER Office from two to
five o'clock D. m. Tomorrow. In both
cases the original Greek and Latin transla-
ton. with which the Rev. Mr.. ID. is prob
ably more familiar, will be at his disposal.
The Rev. Mr. DPS comments on his several
quotations would make Of him truly
ressoner, were we TO Judge
from the arguments WHICH he makes on
the different texts to whioh he has
referred. They would undoubtedly over
throw the whole body of Catholic doctrine
on the Holy Eucharist Presence
and transubstantistion IF they we're unan-
swered and rnanswerahle; bat untortun-
ately for him, that fatal IF lcems up at
every step all along the line Of his arsu-
mentation Logic, Exegesi' and Hermen-
eutics suffsr fearfully in Rev. Mr.. DIS
hands. The doctrine of the real presence,
to the Rev. Mr.. D., contradicts
the testimony of our senses. Let us see.
What is the function OF the senses when it
is question of the real presence? To tell
us of the substance Of the bread and wine?
Not by any means. Theirs it is TO declare
the forms and appearances or accidents
The eyes cannot make known to us the
nature Of things. 1t is not my purpose to
enter into details of the various sYstens of
philosophy in which this truth is taught
the systems Of Lsibnitz, BOschoyich,
and Descarts. In conclusion
then, Mr.. Editor, challenge Rev. Mr.. ID.
to prove that any father OF the Church has
ever said that the Holy Eucharist ia only |