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Rh Why was it necessary to make this denial?

Because those who believed in transubstantiation believed that the wicked were partakers.

Why cannot they be?

Because they are " void of a lively faith," and consequently have not the means of being " partakers of Christ."

What is the whole extent to which wicked people partake of Christ in the Sacrament?

St. Augustine saith, " that they carnally and visibly press with their teeth the Sacrament of the Body and Blood of Christ."

What effect has this partaking upon them?

They "eat and drink the sign of so great a thing to their condemnation."

Show that this is the doctrine of Holy Scripture.

1 Cor. xi. 29.

What is the title of the thirtieth Article?

"Of both Kinds."

What is meant by this?

"Both parts" of the Holy Sacrament.

What does the Article say upon this subject?

That "the Cup of the Lord is not to be denied to the Lay-people."

Who are the lay-people?