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Chapter 3
Ifamanhadstolenapoundinhisyouthandhadusedthatpoundtoamassahugefortunehowmuchwasheobligedtogiveback,thepoundhehadstolenonlyorthepoundtogetherwiththecompoundinterestaccruinguponitorallhishugefortune?Ifalaymaningivingbaptismpourthewaterbeforesayingthewordsisthechildbaptized?Isbaptismwithamineralwatervalid?Howcomesitthatwhilethefirstbeatitudepromisesthekingdomofheaventothepoorofheartthesecondbeatitudepromisesalsotothemeekthattheyshallpossesstheland?WhywasthesacramentoftheeucharistinstitutedunderthetwospeciesofbreadandwineifJesus‘Christbepresentbodyandblood,soulanddivinity,inthebreadaloneandinthewinealone?DoesatinyparticleoftheconsecratedbreadcontainallthebodyandbloodofJesusChristorapartonlyofthebodyandblood?Ifthewinechangeintovinegarandthehostcrumbleintocorruptionaftertheyhavebeenconsecrated,isJesusChriststillpresentundertheirspeciesasGodandasman?
—Hereheis!Hereheis!
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Therectordidnotaskforacatechismtohearthelessonfrom.
