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Rh What is the meaning of oblation?

Offering.

What does the Article teach upon this subject?

That "the Offering which Christ once made upon the Cross is the perfect redemption, propitiation, and satisfaction, for all the sins of the whole world, both original and actual;" and that "there is no other satisfaction for sin, but that alone."

What must we understand by saying that the offering of Christ is a redemption?

That His life was paid as a price to redeem mankind from everlasting death.

What is meant by saying that it is a propitiation?

That it is the means of reconciling man to God.

And by speaking of it as a satisfaction?

That it makes amends for all the sin of all men.

What occasion was there for the protestation made in these words of the Article?

Because there was a prevalent opinion that every time the priest celebrated the Eucharist, he " offered Christ again in sacrifice for the quick and the dead, so that they hereby have remission of pain and guilt."

Prove that the sacrifice of Christ cannot be repeated.

Hebrews x. 11-14, 18. St. Paul expressly teaches that the sacrifice of Christ differed from those of the Jewish priesthood in this respect, that "by His one offering He hath perfected for ever them that are