Of the Holy Supper

The pure and true doctrine of our churches concerning the Holy Supper:

I. That the words of Christ: Take, eat, this is My body; drink, this is My blood, are to be understood

simply and according to the letter, as they read.

II. That in the Sacrament there are two things which are given [tendered] and received with one another:

one earthly, which is bread and wine; and one heavenly, which is the body and blood of Christ.

III. That this [union, tendering and taking] occurs here on earth, and not above in heaven.

IV. That it [what is tendered and received] is the true natural body of Christ which hung, on the cross,

and the true natural blood which flowed from the side of Christ.

V. That the body and blood of Christ are received not only by faith spiritually, which can also occur

outside of the Supper, but here with the bread and wine orally, yet in an inscrutable and supernatural

manner [and that] for a pledge and assurance of the resurrection of our bodies from the dead.

VI. That the oral partaking of the body and blood of Christ is done not only by the worthy, but also by

the unworthy, who approach without repentance and true faith; nevertheless, with a different result: by

the worthy for salvation, by the unworthy for judgment.