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The Ordinatio of John Duns Scotus
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Ordinatio. Book 4. Distinctions 1 - 7
Book Four. Distinctions 1 - 7
Seventh Distinction
Introduction. About the Idea or Definition of Confirmation
IV. Response to the Objections
C. To the Third Objection
1. First Way of Speaking and its Rejection

1. First Way of Speaking and its Rejection

21. As to the third objection [n.16] there are four ways of speaking [about it]:

First that the Pope conceded that priests could anoint on the forehead with oil but not with chrism [Hugh of St. Victor, Albert the Great].

22. But this is against the text of the letter, as is plain in the same place in the afore cited chapter [n.16].

23. Again he conceded this because some were scandalized for its being taken away; but if he had conceded it to be done with oil alone, as if showing it were done with chrism, it would be pretense and against the truth of doctrine, just as if blessed bread were permitted to be given in place of the Eucharist.