De sacrosancto eucharistiae sacramento theses theologicae

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THE PRINTER
TO THE CANDID READER, GREETINGS.

A decorative drop cap 'S' features floral motifs.IF BY CHANCE YOU WONDER, CANDID READER, why it is that I am now reprinting these same Theses, which their most illustrious President had printed by my press just a short while ago on a broadsheet, in a different format and against the President’s own wishes and strong resistance, I would like you to understand the reason for my decision. For since all learned men, and especially students of Theology, embraced these so greatly, and I noticed that they were received with the greatest pleasure by everyone, I could not help but persuade myself that I would be doing everyone a great favor if I provided a slightly larger number of them and disseminated them to the public in this more convenient format, with the type slightly changed. I did this all the more willingly because I understood that an extraordinary erudition is contained in these Theses, by which the foundation of the Christian Religion concerning