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 all the  Councils  and  Fathers  and  writers  and  faithful who clung  to  the  belief  in  the  real  presence  had turned from  the  true  faith  to  the  rankest  heresy  and idolatry? If apostates  and  idolaters  these  latter were, how  came  it  that  they  attained  such  eminent sanctity and  wrought  such  stupendous  miracles? How comes  it  that  the  histories  of  their  opponents are stories  of  arrogance  and  self-seeking,  or  biographies of  men  who  shocked  the  world  with  the scandal of  their  lives? This is  heaven's  own  proof  of the  doctrine  of  the  real  presence,  and  if  on  the  last day at  our  final  judgment  the  impossible  should occur, and  God  should  arraign  us  Catholics  on  a charge  of  heresy  and  idolatry,  we  shall  be  able  to  answer boldly:  "  Not  guilty." Not guilty,  Lord,  for Thou Thyself  didst  say:  "  This  is  My  body;  this  is  My blood." Thy great  Apostle  Paul  taught  us  to  discern in  the  Eucharist  Thy  body  and  Thy  blood. At Thy bidding  the  priests  of  Thy  Church  continued  to do  as  Thou  hadst  done,  in  commemoration  of  Thee. Thy saints  proved  this  doctrine  to  us  by  Thy  miracle-working  power,  and  by  the  holiness  of  their  lives. Not guilty, O  Lord,  not  guilty,  for  if  error  there  be,  Thou Thyself hast  misled  and  deceived  us. Turn rather to our  opponents  and  ask  them  why  they  doubted  Thy words and  abandoned  Thy  faith;  why  they  allowed a few  unworthy  pastors  to  drive  them  from  Thy Church, when  Thou  hadst  said  that  such  were  to  be obeyed  but  not  imitated;  why  they  preferred  to  follow Calvin  and  his  fellow  apostates  rather  than  Thee, when Thou  hadst  commanded  that  if  even  an  angel