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any other fashion than by way of assistentia (i.e. 

 temporary influence or presence), but he did not infer 

 anything from this contrary to the divinity of Christ, or 

 of the supposed Divine Being that is called Christ ; the 

 miracles of Christ he had always held to be divine, true, 

 and real not apparent miracles; while the miracles 

 of others were only in virtue of Christ : as to the 

 sacrifice of the Holy Mass and the Transubstantiation 

 of the flesh and blood of Christ he had always held 

 with the Church : he had not attended Mass because 

 of his excommunication, but had been to Vespers and 

 to preachings in the Churches : in his dealings with 

 heretics, he had always treated of matters philosophical, 

 and had never allowed anything to escape him that was 

 contrary to the Catholic Doctrine, and for that reason 

 Calvinists and Lutherans had always thought of him as 

 having no religion, because he did not entangle himself 

 with theirs, and had been in many parts without having 

 communicated, or accepted the religion of any of them. 

 Some of the grosser charges of Mocenigo were read to 

 him, which he strenuously denied, and " as he spoke," 

 says the faithful record, " he grew exceedingly sorrow- 

 ful," marvelling that such things could be imputed to 

 him. More strenuous grew his assertion of his 

 orthodoxy as to the person of Christ, the Virgin 

 Motherhood, the Sacrament of Repentance ; he spoke 

 of his repeated efforts to obtain absolution, how for his 

 sins he had always asked pardon of God, and would 

 also willingly have confessed himself had he been 

 able, because he had never doubted of this sacrament 

 (or of any of the others), being firmly convinced that 

 impenitent sinners were condemned and that hell was 

 their portion. Heretic theologians, Melanchthon, 

 Luther, Calvin and others, he condemned and despised, 



