The Two Metaphysical Mysteries: Luther’s Parallel Understanding of the Lord’s Supper and the Incarnation
By Jeremiah Schultz
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The Two Metaphysical Mysteries: Luther’s Parallel Understanding of the Lord’s Supper and the Incarnation

Just as it is necessary that Christ took on flesh for our salvation, so too, it is necessary that he should be in the supper bodily
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