Upon these statements an argument against
Transubstantiation has been founded by Bishop Cosin The History of Popish
Transubstantiation, Ch. v. § 14.,
and adopted both by Dr. Pusey The Doctrine of the
Real Presence, pp. 277–281. and Dean
Goode The Nature of
Christ’s Presence in the Eucharist, p. 483.. It being universally admitted that the
substance of the water and of the ointment remains unchanged, it is
argued from the identity of the language employed in each case that,
according to Cyril, no substantial change takes place in the
Bread and Wine. Bishop Cosin quotes the following passage, of
which the original is given below: “Take heed thou dost not
think that this is a mere ointment only. For as the bread of the
Eucharist after the invocation of the Holy Ghost is no longer ordinary
bread, but is the body of Christ; so this holy ointment is no longer a
bare common ointment after it is consecrated, but is the gift or grace
of Christ, which, by His Divine Nature, and the coming of the Holy
Ghost, is made efficacious; so that the body is anointed with the
ointment, but the soul is sanctified by the holy and vivifying
Spirit ᾽Αλλ᾽ ὅρα μὴ
ὑπονοήσῃς
ἐκεῖνο τὸ
μύρον ψιλὸν
εἶναι. ὥσπερ
γὰρ ὁ ἄρτος
τῆς
εὐχαριστίας
μετὰ τὴν
ἐπίκλησιν
τοῦ ἁγίου
Πνεύματος
οὐκ ἔτι ἄρτος
λιτός, ἀλλὰ
σῶμα Χριστοῦ,
οὕτω καὶ τὸ
ἅγιον τοῦτο
μύρον οὐκ ἔτι
ψιλόν, οὐδ᾽
ὡς ἂν εἴποι
τις κοινὸν
μετ᾽
ἐπίκλησιν,
ἀλλὰ Χριστοῦ
χάρισμα, καὶ
Πνεύματος
ἁγίου
παρουσίᾳ τῆς
αὐτοῦ
θεότητος
ἐνεργητικὸν
γινόμενον..”