And there is a difference between the essence of a Sacrament and its use. — Martin Chemnitz Copy Share Image
In the first place, our faith ought to lay hold on Christ as God and man in that nature by which He has been… — Martin Chemnitz Copy Share Image
Nevertheless the meaning is not that the blessed bread which is divided, which is offered, and which the apostles received from the hand of… — Martin Chemnitz Copy Share Image
For Christ, both God and man, must lay hold on us in order that there may be a union between Him and us. — Martin Chemnitz Copy Share Image
For we can affirm with a good conscience that we have, after reading the Holy Scripture, applied ourselves and yet daily apply ourselves to… — Martin Chemnitz Copy Share Image
And Christ says of that which is blessed, which is offered, received, eaten and drunk: This is My body; this is My blood. — Martin Chemnitz Copy Share Image
I am calling attention just to the main points of these tremendously important matters, which can be understood better by pious meditation than explained… — Martin Chemnitz Copy Share Image
Therefore we examine with considerable diligence the consensus of the true, learned, and purer antiquity, and we love and praise the testimonies of the… — Martin Chemnitz Copy Share Image
As however the ancients say that in case of necessity any Christian lay person can administer the sacrament of baptism, so Luther says the… — Martin Chemnitz Copy Share Image
This doctrine of Christ and of the apostles, from which the true faith of the primitive church was received, the apostles at first delivered… — Martin Chemnitz Copy Share Image
Thus first of all in His own person He sanctified, restored, and blessed human nature. — Martin Chemnitz Copy Share Image
Some had the custom of receiving the Eucharist daily, some twice a week, some on the Lord's day, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday, some only… — Martin Chemnitz Copy Share Image
