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84 "After a heavenly and spiritual manner."

By what means can we receive and eat the Body of our Lord in this heavenly and spiritual manner?

By faith.

Show that this is the doctrine of the Scripture.

St. John vi. 47, 54. Our Lord promises eternal life equally to those who believe in Him, and to those who eat His Flesh and drink His Blood.

Why is faith the means of this spiritual eating?

Because it is the soul which feeds on the Body and Blood of our Lord, whilst the body feeds on the outward signs.

What is the last assertion in the Article?

"The Sacrament of the Lord's Supper was not by Christ's ordinance reserved, carried about, lifted up, or worshipped."

Does any one deny this?

No: the ancient customs of the Church prove it.

What does the Church wish us to derive from this assertion?

That as it is wrong to worship the Sacrament, so it was better to give up the custom of reserving and carrying it about, which had led to such a "superstitious" use.

What is the subject of the twenty-ninth Article?

"The Wicked, which eat not the Body of Christ in the use of the Lord's Supper."