Slová ustanovenia
Verba Institutionis
Words of Institution
Role and effect of Christ's words in the celebration; consecration theology; relationship between Word and element
Konfesionálne pozície / Confessional Positions
3 documented positions across 3 traditions
Luteránska / Lutheran
verba_consecratory The words of institution (verba Christi) effect what they say. They are not merely recitative but consecratory — though not in the Catholic ex opere operato sense. The Word makes the sacrament.
Luther: 'the Word does everything.' The FC insists on the verba as necessary and sufficient.
Utrakvistická / Utraquist
verba_catholic_form Words of institution within the traditional canon. Consecratory theology essentially Catholic — the priest's words, in the proper liturgical context, effect the change.
The silence about *how* the words work, combined with retention of the full canon, implies Catholic consecratory theology.
Jednota bratská / Unity of Brethren
verba_commemorative Words of institution recited as Christ's command and promise, not as a formula effecting a change in the elements. The emphasis falls on the community's faithful reception, not on the moment of consecration.
This maps onto the spiritual-presence position: if presence is spiritual rather than corporeal, consecration becomes proclamation rather than transformation.
Terminologický aparát / Theological Vocabulary
2 terms across 4 languages (Latin, Czech 16c, German 16c, Slovak)
WORDS OF INSTITUTION
| Term | Latin | Čeština 16. st. | Deutsch 16. Jh. | Slovenčina (CS) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| words_of_institution | verba institutionis; verba Christi; verba testamenti; Hoc est corpus meum | slova ustanovení; slova Kristova; Toto jest tělo mé | Einsetzungsworte; Worte Christi; Das ist mein Leib | slová ustanovenia; slová Kristove; Toto je telo moje |
| consecration | consecratio; sanctificatio elementorum; benedictio | posvěcení; posvěcení chleba a vína; požehnání | Konsekration; Weihung; Einsegnung | posvätenie; posvätenie chleba a vína; požehnanie |
Hymnicko-liturgické dôkazy / Lex Orandi Evidence
EXAMPLE_CS042 "Pane náš nebeský" — st. 3
Modifikácia (Modification): Stanza 3 — 'tělo své pravé' language added; absent in Ivančický source. Explicit real-presence affirmation inserted.
EXAMPLE ENTRY — to be replaced with verified data. Demonstrates the Lutheranisation pattern: Tranovský inserts real-presence vocabulary.
EXAMPLE_IV208 "Chléb náš nebeský" — st. 3
Modifikácia (Modification): Original spiritual-presence framing without explicit corporeal-presence language.
EXAMPLE ENTRY — source hymn for CS042. Demonstrates Unity Eucharistic theology in hymnic form.
AC1581_EUCH_DEFINITION "Kdo giž z toho Chléba gij a z Kalicha pige" — worthiness formula in Mass rite
Modifikácia (Modification): Worthy-reception formula emphasises faith in the words of institution (Lutheran orientation) WITHOUT specifying mode of presence. No 'pravý'/'substanciálny' qualifiers. Source side of PAIR_006_AC_BA_EUCHARIST.
Doložené Benkom 2024, s. 78–79: "zmienky o tele a krvi, bez prívlastkov typu 'pravý' či 'substanciálny'." Vlastná textová kolacia oproti kritickej edícii čaká. // Documented in Benka 2024, pp. 78–79: 'mentions of body and blood without qualifiers like ''true'' or ''substantial''.' Own textual collation against the critical edition pending.
BA1585_EUCH_MANDUCATIO "Tělo a Krew Syna Božijho" — communion-preparation rubric
Modifikácia (Modification): Explicit manducatio impiorum: real presence is independent of communicant's worthiness; unworthy reception brings damnation. Hard Lutheran confessional formula absent in the AC printed text. Receptor side of PAIR_006_AC_BA_EUCHARIST.
Doložené Benkom 2024, s. 78–79: "formulácie ktoré explicitnejšie smerujú k luteránskemu manducatio impiorum". Spolu s AC viazané v jednom exemplári Lyceálnej knižnice v Bratislave — intra-kódexová stratifikácia. // Documented in Benka 2024, pp. 78–79: 'formulations that more explicitly point toward Lutheran manducatio impiorum.' Bound together with AC in the same Bratislava Lyceal Library exemplar — intra-codex stratification.