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Martin Luther
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Martin Luther

Reformer
1483–1546

German Augustinian friar and reformer; he affirmed the real bodily presence of Christ in the Supper while rejecting transubstantiation.

In their own words

Martin Luther · 1483–1546 1520
“But why should not Christ be able to include His body within the substance of bread, as well as within the accidents? Fire and iron, two different substances, are so mingled in red-hot iron, that every part of it is both fire and iron. Why may not the glorious body of Christ much more be in every part of the substance of the bread?”
The Babylonish Captivity of the Church, On the Babylonish Captivity of the Church — Of the Lord's Supper PD · Wace & Buchheim, First Principles of the Reformation ↗
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The Babylonish Captivity of the Church
1883 · PD · Wace & Buchheim, First Principles of the Reformation
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