_The Confutatio Pontificia:  
   
  In Reference To The Matters Presented To His Imperial Majesty   
   By The Elector Of Saxony And Some Princes And States Of The   
     Holy Roman Empire, On The Subject And Concerning Causes  
    Pertaining To The Christian Orthodox Faith, The Following   
          Christian Reply Can Be Given._ August 3, 1530.   
                        Edited by J.M. Reu.   
                           Published in   
         _The Augsburg Confession, A Collection of Sources._  
       (Fort Wayne, IN: Concordia Theological Seminary Press),  
                            pp. 349-383.


                           To Article X.


     The tenth article gives no offense in its words, because they
     confess that in the Eucharist, after the consecration
     lawfully made, the Body and Blood of Christ are substantially
     and truly present, if only they believe that the entire
     Christ is present under each form, so that the Blood of
     Christ is no less present under the form of bread by
     concomitance than it is under the form of the wine, and the
     reverse. Otherwise, in the Eucharist the Body of Christ is
     dead and bloodless, contrary to St. Paul, because "Christ,
     being raised from the dead, dieth no more," Rom. 6:9. One
     matter is added as very necessary to the article of the
     Confession - viz. that they believe the Church, rather than
     some teaching otherwise and incorrectly, that by the almighty
     Word of God in the consecration of the Eucharist the
     substance of the bread is changed into the Body of Christ.
     For thus in a general council it has been determined, canon
     Firmiter, concerning the exalted Trinity, and the Catholic
     faith. They are praised therefor, for condemning the
     Capernaites, who deny the truth of the Body and Blood of our
     Lord Jesus Christ in the Eucharist.
 
 
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