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For Christ, both God and man, must lay hold on us in order that there may be a union between Him and us.

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
Men, Order, Unions
Martin Chemnitz (1979). “De Coena Domini”

In the first place, our faith ought to lay hold on Christ as God and man in that nature by which He has been made our neighbor, kinsman, and brother.

Martin Chemnitz
Brother, Men, Firsts
Martin Chemnitz (1979). “De Coena Domini”

The Gospel declares those who believe righteous and saved.

Martin Chemnitz
Believe, Righteous, Saved

Thus first of all in His own person He sanctified, restored, and blessed human nature.

Martin Chemnitz
Blessed, Firsts, Human Nature
Martin Chemnitz (1979). “De Coena Domini”

For we can affirm with a good conscience that we have, after reading the Holy Scripture, applied ourselves and yet daily apply ourselves to the extent that the grace of the Lord permits to inquiry into and investigation of the consensus of the true and purer antiquity.

Martin Chemnitz
Reading, Grace, Inquiry
Martin Chemnitz (1971). “Examination of the Council of Trent”

Therefore we examine with considerable diligence the consensus of the true, learned, and purer antiquity, and we love and praise the testimonies of the fathers which agree with the Scripture.

Martin Chemnitz
Father, Scripture, Praise
Martin Chemnitz (1971). “Examination of the Council of Trent”

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
Blessed, Blood, Drunk

As however the ancients say that in case of necessity any Christian lay person can administer the sacrament of baptism, so Luther says the same thing about absolution in case of necessity, where no priest is present.

Martin Chemnitz
Christian, Baptism, Luther

This doctrine of Christ and of the apostles, from which the true faith of the primitive church was received, the apostles at first delivered orally, without writing, but later, not by any human counsel but by the will of God, they handed it on in the Scriptures.

Martin Chemnitz
Writing, Church, Doctrine
Martin Chemnitz (1971). “Examination of the Council of Trent”

I am calling attention just to the main points of these tremendously important matters, which can be understood better by pious meditation than explained by human language.

Martin Chemnitz
Meditation, Important, Attention

And there is a difference between the essence of a Sacrament and its use.

Martin Chemnitz
Essence, Differences, Use

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 on the Lord's Day.

Martin Chemnitz
Friday, Workout, Receiving

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