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The Ordinatio of John Duns Scotus
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Ordinatio. Book 4. Distinctions 8 - 13.
Book Four. Distinctions 8 - 13
Thirteenth Distinction. On the Efficient Cause of the Consecration of the Eucharist
Division of the Questions

Division of the Questions

1. ‘The question is wont to be raised...’ in the Master’s thirteenth distinction.

2. This distinction is the last part, wherein the Master deals with the efficient cause of the consecration of the Eucharist.

3. The part is divided into two: a principal part in which he gives the determinate conclusion that the Eucharist can be consecrated by any priest indifferently, whether good or bad; and an incidental part that touches on the receiving of the sacrament.

4. There follows an appendix with respect to the whole treatment of the Eucharist, and an incidental part about who is to be called a heretic.

5. About this thirteenth distinction I ask two questions: first whether the body of Christ can only be confected by divine act; second whether any priest who pronounces the words of consecration with a determinate intention and in respect of fitting matter can consecrate the Eucharist.