“Certainly it is a duty; but why put it so prominently forward? you will make men think that all religion consists in attending the sacrament.” Such is no unfrequent language; yet what is this but the deadly error of attacking formalism by removing forms instead of infusing spirit? It is pulling down the scaffolding because its work is not accomplished; it is cutting off the limbs lest men should confound them with the inner principle of life; it is to encourage men in staying away from communion altogether, instead of striving to bring them to it in a more faithful and earnest spirit. Wilberforce, S. (1848). Eucharistica: Meditations and Prayers on the Most Holy Eucharist (p. xi). London; Oxford: R. and A. Suttaby; J. H. Parker. - via Logos 5
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