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Part II: Denys Turner on the Differences between St. Thomas and Zwingli on Eucharistic Presence (and Absence)
2 Comments Published by Cynthia R. Nielsen December 31st, 2007 in Aquinas, Calvin, Denys Turner, Eucharist, Mystery, Peter Martyr Vermigli[Part I can be accessed here].
For Zwingli, because Christ is now seated at the right hand of the Father, he therefore cannot be real-ly present in the Eucharist. Zwingli’s starting point, in contrast with Thomas’s (and we all have starting points) is that “the presence of a thing in a sign excludes its being present [...]
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