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# Title: Leibniz-Handschriften zur Theologie LH 1, 2, 2 A (shelfmark LH 1, 2, 2a)
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ium haberemus aliquid characteri simile, quod scilicet
invalide iteraretur: eo ipso autem, dum actus, iteratus
Scilicet, administrandi saccamentum est irritus sive nullus
etiam fit illegitimus, sive prohibitus. Sacrilegium
enim est, vel certe grave crimen, sacramentum inaniter
celebrare scientem: Per baptismum autem homines
Christiani redduntur; per confirmationem novo arcli-
ore quasi sacramento Christianae militiae astringuntur.
per ordinem susceptum Ecclesiae ministri siunt. Quae
sane qualitates sunt permanentes.
superest ut explicemus, quid de effsicacia Sacramenti
ex opere operato sit sentiendum. Reperio autem,
quod circa characterem contigit, etiam hic evenisse,
ut in solita appellatio, ascholasticis introducta rem
ipsam, consideranti manifestam, et per se planam, ca-
uillatioribus obnoxiam, et novitatis saspectam
reddiderit. Nimirum si sacramenta tantum pro-
dessent ex opere operanitis, non ex opere operato.
revera nulla specialiter his ritibus addita esset gra-
tia, sed essent ceremoniae, iussae fortasse et simecri-
mine non omittendae; nontamen per se efficacer:
quia quidquid inesset boni, aeque eveniret sine ipsis,
nisi obstaret prohibitio, vi generalium promissionum
erga eos, quifidem et caritatem habent. Quen
admodum Egitur in iure ciuiliRomano nulla
nateebatur