Section 18. Absurdities connected with consubstantiation. Candid exposition of the orthodox view.
But assuming that the body and blood of Christ are attached to the bread and wine, then the one must necessarily be dissevered from the other. For as the bread is given separately from the cup, so the body, united to the bread, must be separated from the blood, included in the cup. For since they affirm that the body is in the bread, and the blood is in the cup, while the bread and wine are, in regard to space, at some distance from each other, they cannot, by any quibble, evade the conclusion that the body must be separated from the blood. Their usual pretence—viz. that the blood is in the body, and the body again in the blood, by what they call concomitance, is more than frivolous, since the symbols in which they are included are thus distinguished. But if we are carried to heaven with our eyes and minds, that we may there behold Christ in the glory of his kingdom, as the symbols invite us to him in his integrity, so, under the symbol of bread, we must feed on his body, and, under the symbol of wine, drink separately of his blood, and thereby have the full enjoyment of him. For though he withdrew his flesh from us, and with his body ascended to heaven, he, however, sits at the right hand of the Father; that is, he reigns in power and majesty, and the glory of the Father. Q18 This kingdom is not limited by any intervals of space, nor circumscribed by any dimensions. Christ can exert his energy wherever he pleases, in earth and heaven, can manifest his presence by the exercise of his power, can always be present with his people, breathing into them his own life, can live in them, sustain, confirm, and invigorate them, and preserve them safe, just as if he were with them in the body; in fine, can feed them with his own body, communion with which he transfuses into them. After this manner, the body and blood of Christ are exhibited to us in the sacrament.
(Q18 The omnipotent God with His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ are not limited by our space time continuum. God is extra-dimensional and dwells in the multi-dimensions of His own existence, which we might call heaven. This heaven is above and beyond the heavens of the universe and as far as that distance may seem to us on our plane, our God and His Kingdom is only a prayer away. Time, space and matter are irrelevant to our extra-dimensional God Who has created all things which appears relevant to us. See "How Great is your God where you might begin to see that all matter of God's creation, having come forth from God's Word, is and remains imprinted with the power of His Word and is obedient to the command of the WORD of GOD".)
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