Report on Whether Secular Authority Should Suppress the Writings of Enthusiasts

...heart go to the Sacrament of the Altar? The Devil would love to take away such comfort through these perverted, false spirits, by having them abolish or diminish the external means of the Holy Sacraments for salvation. Yet we should not trade all the world's honor, power, goods, and kingdoms for these noble, high, and Divine treasures, if only we believed it.

FURthermore, secondly, their stinking spirit is also to be recognized in this: that spurred on by their own self-conceitThe original German wolmeinung literally means "good intention," but in this theological context, it refers to a "self-made opinion" or a human logic that contradicts scripture while pretending to be pious., in a blasphemous manner, they desire to distort the truth of the Body and Blood of Christ, claiming that the Sacrament of the Altar is nothing other than mere bread. For they speak thus: "In the Supper, the body of Christ is by no means received in the bread. The reason: Christ has a glorified body, therefore he cannot be taken physically, but only spiritually—solely sacramentallyThe author is mocking his opponents' use of the word "sacramental." To the author's opponents, "sacramental" meant "symbolic," whereas to the author, it meant the real, supernatural presence of Christ.." By "taking it sacramentally," they mean that one eats with the mouth a bread of the Lord as an external, visible action of the invisible grace of God. And thus, the true invisible Body of Christ is not eaten in the bread, as it is supposedly eaten only in spirit and in truth. Therefore, when they administer the Sacrament, these words are recited by them: "May Christ, who was broken for you on the wood of the Cross, feed you in the power of faith," etc.

SUCH useless and blasphemous talk of theirs is openly contrary to the words of Christ, where he has said in clear words: This is my body. Which words