clauses piled on top of one another. The entire section is, in fact, only one sentence. First, we note the negatives. The Confession deals less vehemently with the Lutheran doctrine, since it is less injurious than the Roman Catholic. However, it is clearly opposed. True believers do not feed on Christ “carnally and corporally,” for the body and blood of Christ are “not corporally or carnally, in, with, or under the bread and wine.” Consubstantiation is rejected. Christ is not present physically.
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