Division of the Text and Overview of Questions | Num. 1 |
Question One: Whether the Eucharist is a Sacrament of the New Law | Num. 15 |
I. To the Question | Num. 20 |
A. About the Idea or Definition of the Eucharist | Num. 21 |
B. Whether Anything Real Subsists under Such an Idea | Num. 22 |
C. That what Subsists under the Idea of this Name is a Sacrament | Num. 31 |
II. To the Initial Arguments | Num. 43 |
Question Two: Whether the Form of the Eucharist is what is set down in the Canon of the Mass | Num. 52 |
I. To the Question | Num. 59 |
A. Whether the Eucharist has a Single Form | Num. 60 |
B. What the Form of the Eucharist is | |
1. About the Words of Consecration of the Body | Num. 63 |
2. About the Words of Consecration of the Blood | |
a. Two Doubts and their Solution | Num. 72 |
b. Whether all the Words belong to the Consecration of the Blood | Num. 82 |
α. Opinion of Others and its Rejection | Num. 83 |
β. Scotus’ own Opinion | Num. 89 |
C. What the Form of the Eucharist Signifies | |
1. The Opinion of Peter of Poitiers | Num. 96 |
2. The Opinion of Richard of Middleton and its Rejection | Num. 100 |
3. A Possible Solution Consisting of Thirteen Main Conclusions | Num. 104 |
4. Weighing of the Aforesaid Conclusions | Num. 132 |
5. Scotus’ own Conclusion | Num. 141 |
II. To the Initial Arguments | Num. 152 |
Question Three: Whether the Sacrament of the Eucharist was fittingly Instituted after the Cena, or whether it could be Received by those not Fasting | Num. 156 |
I. To the Question | |
A. About the Four Ways of Receiving this Sacrament | Num. 160 |
B. A Difficulty as to the Third Way and its Solution | Num. 166 |
II. To the Initial Arguments | Num. 184 |
Final Note | Num. 187 |
Question One: Whether it is Possible for Christ’s Body to be Contained Really under the Species of Bread and Wine | Num. 8 |
I. To the Question | Num. 14 |
A. What is to be Maintained and by What Authority | Num. 15 |
B. How What is Believed is Possible | |
1. Four Possibilities, to be Explained in Turn in what Follows | Num. 24 |
2. Two Possibilities to be Explained here | Num. 28 |
a. First: About Christ’s Body Beginning to Exist on the Altar without Change of Place |
α. Opinion of Others and its Rejection Num. 29 |
β. Scotus’ own Opinion | Num. 42 |
b. Second: About Christ’s Body Quantum without Quantitative Mode |
α. First Opinion and its Rejection | Num. 56 |
β. Second Opinion and its Rejection | Num. 59 |
γ. Scotus’ own Opinion | Num. 61 |
II. To the Initial Reasons | Num. 71 |
Question Two: Whether the Same Body can be Located in Diverse Places at the Same Time | Num. 74 |
I. To the Question | |
A. The Opinion of many People for the Negative Conclusion Num. 80 |
1. The Reasons of Henry of Ghent | Num. 81 |
2. Other Doctors’ Reasons | Num. 85 |
3. Further Reasons that can be Brought Forward | Num. 89 |
B. The Possibility of an Affirmative Conclusion | |
1. Argument in General | Num. 94 |
2. Particular Reasons, drawn from the Statements of Henry of Ghent | Num. 95 |
a. First Reason | Num. 96 |
b. Second Reason | Num. 105 |
c. Third Reason | Num. 113 |
d. Fourth Reason | Num. 117 |
3. What Must be Said about these Four Reasons | Num. 119 |
C. Scotus’ own Response | Num. 121 |
D. To the Arguments Adduced for the Negative Opinion | Num. 128 |
1. Three Preliminary Propositions | Num. 129 |
2. To the Individual Reasons | Num. 132 |
a. To the Reasons of Henry of Ghent | Num. 133 |
b. To the Reasons of the Other Doctors | Num. 145 |
c. To the Other Reasons that were Adduced | Num. 159 |
II. To the Initial Arguments | Num. 172 |
Question Three: Whether the Body of Christ could be Located at the Same Time in Heaven and in the Eucharist | Num. 181 |
I. To the Question | Num. 187 |
A. Opinion of Henry of Ghent | |
1. Exposition of the Opinion | Num. 188 |
2. Refutation of the Opinion | Num. 189 |
B. Scotus’ own Opinion | Num. 194 |
II. To the Initial Arguments | Num. 197 |
Second Part: On the Things that can Belong to Christ’s Body in the Eucharist Num. 202
Question One: Whether the Same Body, Existing Naturally and Existing Sacramentally, Necessarily has in it the Same Parts and Properties | Num. 203 |
I. To the Question | Num. 208 |
A. The Supposition being Made | Num. 209 |
B. The Question being Asked | Num. 218 |
1. Whether the Natural Parts and Properties of Christ’s Body are Simply Necessarily in the Eucharist as well | |
a. First Conclusion | Num. 222 |
b. Second Conclusion | Num. 223 |
c. Two Corollaries that flow from the Second Conclusion | Num. 231 |
d. Difficulties against the Two Corollaries and their Solution | Num. 236 |
e. Third Corollary | Num. 244 |
2. Whether the Same Parts and Properties are Present by Necessity in a Certain Respect | Num. 246 |
II. To the Initial Arguments | Num. 253 |
Question Two: Whether any Immanent Action that is in Christ Existing Naturally is the Same in Him as Existing in the Eucharist Sacramentally | Num. 268 |
I. To the Question | |
A. Three Conclusions | Num. 275 |
B. Proof of the Conclusions | |
1. Proof of the First Conclusion | |
a. Universally | Num. 279 |
b. Specifically | Num. 286 |
2. Proof of the Second Conclusion | Num. 290 |
3. Proof of the Third Conclusion | Num. 291 |
II. To the Initial Arguments | Num. 294 |
Question Three: Whether any Bodily Motion could be in Christ’s Body as it Exists in the Eucharist | Num. 298 |
I. To the Question | |
A. Preliminary Distinctions | Num. 303 |
B. Solution Consisting of Six Conclusions | |
1. Statement of the Conclusions | Num. 307 |
2. Proof of the Conclusions | |
a. Proof of the First Conclusion | Num. 313 |
b. Proof of the Second Conclusion | Num.314 |
c. Proof of the Third Conclusion | Num. 315 |
d. Proof of the Fourth Conclusion | Num. 317 |
e. Proof of the Fifth Conclusion | Num. 326 |
3. Synthesis of the Statements Made | Num. 338 |
II. To the Initial Arguments | Num. 341 |
Question One: Whether Christ Existing in the Eucharist could, by some Natural Virtue, Change Something Other than Himself | Num. 348 |
I. To the Question | |
A. About Human Powers | Num. 354 |
B. Conclusions flowing Therefrom | Num. 356 |
1. First Conclusion and its Proof | Num. 357 |
2. Second Conclusion and its Proof | Num. 359 |
a. Explication of the Second Conclusion | Num. 361 |
b. Objection to the Aforesaid Conclusion, and Rejection of this Objection | Num. 365 |
c. Final Opinion | Num. 368 |
II. To the Initial Arguments | Num. 372 |
Question Two: Whether any Created Intellect could Naturally See the Existence of Christ’s Body in the Eucharist | Num. 376 |
I. To the Question | |
A. Opinion of Thomas Aquinas and Richard of Middleton | Num. 385 |
B. Scotus’ own Opinion | |
1. On the Acceptation of the Terms ‘Intellect’, ‘To see’, ‘Naturally’ | Num. 389 |
2. Solution Consisting of Three Conclusions | |
a. First Conclusion | Num. 396 |
b. Second Conclusion | Num. 398 |
c. Third Conclusion | Num. 408 |
II. To the Initial Arguments | Num. 411 |
III. To the Arguments for the Opinion of Aquinas and Richard | Num. 420 |
Question Three: Whether any Sense could Perceive the Body of Christ as it exists in the Eucharist | Num. 423 |
I. To the Question | |
A. The Opinion of Others | |
1. Exposition of the Opinion | Num. 426 |
2. Refutation of the Opinion | Num. 432 |
B. Scotus’ own Opinion | Num. 440 |
II. To the Initial Arguments | Num. 443 |
Eleventh Distinction. First Part: About Conversion or Transubstantiation
First Article: About the Possibility of Transubstantiation