Dissertation on the Most August Sacrament of the Lord's Body and Blood

of the state. Indeed, this labor, undertaken for Christ, for Religion, and for the Church, is also owed by right to your Illustrious Highness, whose greatest wish is that all your subjects may both advance in piety and firmly grasp those foundations of the Orthodox OrthodoxaIn this 17th-century context, "Orthodox" refers to the established Catholic faith of the region, emphasizing "right teaching" as defined by the Council of Trent. faith, so that, leaning upon them, they can never be moved from the true doctrine of religion.

I pray to God, Most Good and Most Great original: "Deum Opt. Max." (Deo Optimo Maximo), a title originally used for Jupiter in ancient Rome, which was adopted by Christian scholars to mean "To God, the Best and Greatest.", that your Most Reverend and Most Illustrious Highness may live, flourish, and endure through the benefit of this admirable Mystery—this tree of life, heavenly manna, Paschal lamb, and nourishment of immortality The author uses these biblical metaphors to describe the Eucharist, which is the subject of his book.. May you think upon those things which are worthy of a Prince, and most wisely and generously accomplish them (as seen in 2 Kings 23 and Isaiah 38) These biblical citations refer to King Josiah, who restored the Law, and King Hezekiah, whose life was extended by God due to his piety. into the days of a renewed age, quietly, calmly, and prosperously, destined to attain perfect happiness in heaven, when our necessity and the benefit of the Fatherland shall require or allow it.

At Bamberg, in the fifty-fifth year of the seventeenth century [1655]. On the first of May.