Dist. 8, Part 1, Divisio Textus
Book IV: On the Sacraments · Distinction 8
## COMMENTARIUS IN DISTINCTIONEM VIII.
Pars I. De antecedentibus Sacramentum eucharistiae.
Post Sacramentum baptismi et confirmationis sequitur eucharistiae Sacramentum.
DIVISIO TEXTUS.
Haec est tertia pars huius partis totalis de Sacramentis, in qua Magister tertio loco agit de Sacramento eucharistiae. Dividitur autem haec pars in tres partes. In prima agit de eucharistia secundum se. In secunda per comparationem ad suscipientes sive manducantes, infra distinctione nona: Et sicut duae sunt res huius Sacramenti. In tertia per comparationem ad dispensantes sive conficientes, infra distinctione undecima: Si autem quaeritur qualis sit illa conversio etc.
Prima pars habet duas. In prima determinat de his quae antecedunt esse huius Sacramenti. In secunda de his quae integrant esse huius Sacramenti, scilicet quae sunt forma verbi et elementum, et hoc ibi: Forma vero, quam ipse ibidem edidit etc.
Prima pars habet duas, quoniam antecedens hoc Sacramentum est duplex: quoddam, quod nihil confert ad esse, sed ad manifestum esse, et hoc est praefiguratio et nominatio; quoddam, quod confert ad esse, ut institutio; ideo prima pars habet duas partes et duo capitula. In prima determinat Magister de huius Sacramenti praefiguratione. In secunda de institutione, ibi: Hic etiam inter alia consideranda occurrunt. In prima parte primo posuit rationem nominandi et modos figurandi, ostendens, quatuor praecessisse figuras.
TRACTATIO QUAESTIONUM.
Ad intelligentiam huius partis secundum duo, quae Magister determinat, duo principaliter quaeruntur.
Primo quaeritur de figura Sacramenti eucharistiae.
Secundo de institutione.
Circa primum quaeruntur tria.
Primo quaeritur, utrum Sacramentum eucharistiae debuerit praefigurari.
Secundo quaeritur de numero figurarum et sufficientia.
Tertio quaeritur de figurarum praeeminentia.
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## COMMENTARY ON DISTINCTION VIII.
Part I. On the things antecedent to the Sacrament of the Eucharist.
After the Sacrament of baptism and of confirmation there follows the Sacrament of the Eucharist.
DIVISION OF THE TEXT.
This is the third part of the whole part on the Sacraments, in which the Master in the third place treats of the Sacrament of the Eucharist. Now this part is divided into three parts. In the first he treats of the Eucharist in itself. In the second, by comparison to those who receive or eat it, below in distinction nine: And just as there are two realities of this Sacrament. In the third, by comparison to those who dispense or confect it, below in distinction eleven: But if it is asked what that conversion is like, etc.
The first part has two [members]. In the first he determines concerning the things that precede the being of this Sacrament. In the second, concerning the things that constitute the being of this Sacrament, namely those which are the form of the word and the element, and this there: But the form, which he himself set forth in the same place, etc.
The first part has two [members], since what is antecedent to this Sacrament is twofold: one [kind] which confers nothing toward being, but [only] toward manifest being, and this is prefiguration and naming; another which confers toward being, as institution; therefore the first part has two parts and two chapters. In the first the Master determines concerning the prefiguration of this Sacrament. In the second concerning its institution, there: Here also among other things that must be considered there occur. In the first part he first set down the reason for naming and the modes of figuring, showing that four figures preceded.
TREATMENT OF THE QUESTIONS.
For the understanding of this part, according to the two things which the Master determines, two things are principally asked.
First it is asked concerning the figure of the Sacrament of the Eucharist.
Secondly concerning its institution.
Concerning the first, three things are asked.
First it is asked whether the Sacrament of the Eucharist ought to have been prefigured.
Secondly it is asked concerning the number of the figures and their sufficiency.
Thirdly it is asked concerning the preeminence of the figures.
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