Iudicium D. Philippi Melanchthonis De controversia Coenae Domini

he says, that is, the figure of the body. Luther interprets this as a geometric figure. I have seen learned men reading this with a groan and truly invoking God. Origen also calls them symbols of the body and blood. The old Canon of the Greeks calls them ἀντίτυπα σώματα antitypical bodies. By the same agreement, Nazianzen names the bread. In the recent canon, more words were added later, περὶ μεταβολῆς concerning a change. In Theophylact, Oecolampadius rendered in good faith the words περὶ μεταστοιχειώσεως concerning transubstantiation, which he found in his manuscript. That entire sentence is missing in our manuscript. Thus, corruptions have been inserted into ancient books. Aventinus told me that he had read in a manuscript of Bede, which is in the Passau library, a clear narration of the words which is entirely absent from the printed books. I myself also found a manuscript of Bede on Matthew, in the monastery of Valesuensis, which does not disagree with Augustine. I will send, as soon as I am able, the sayings of many