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Document Details : Title: 'Christus qui mentiri non potest' Subtitle: John Wyclif's Rejection of Transubtantiation Author(s): LEVY, I.C. Journal: Recherches de Théologie et Philosophie Médiévales Volume: 66 Issue: 2 Date: 1999 Pages: 316-334 DOI: 10.2143/RTPM.66.2.530069 Abstract : John Wyclif’s rejection of the doctrine of transubstantiation has received a considerable amount of attention over the last six centuries. To this day scholars continue to reflect upon it, offering a variety of perspectives on Wyclif’s rationale. This study specifically considers the question in connection with Wyclif’s opposition to the more radical element in the fourteenth-century schools. Vehemently opposed to the reckless application of logical-grammatical methods which had led some to question of the truth of biblical propositions, Wyclif would insist that within Scripture there exist no contradictions; its veracity can never be doubted. And most importantly, Christ himself is truthful; he cannot lie. Hence, when Christ spoke the words «Hoc est corpus meum», he was not positing a deception. |
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