[153] 3rd September, 1519.

[154] L. Op. (L.) x, 461.

[155] Defensio contra malignum Eccli judicium. (Lat. i, p. 356.)

[156] Canoniset quisque quantum volet. (Ibid. p. 367.)

[157] L. Op. (L.) xvii, p. 272.

[158] Ibid. p. 281.

[159] "Si quis dixerit per ipsa novæ legis sacramenta ex opere operato non conferri gratiam, sed solam fidem divinæ promissionis, ad gratiam consequendam sufficere, anathema sit." (Council of Trent, Sess. 7, can. 8.) If any man says that grace is not bestowed through the Sacraments of the New Covenant, by the mere act, (ex opere operato,) but that faith alone in the divine promise is sufficient to obtain grace, let him be anathema.

[160] Known by the name of opus operatum, the work performed.

[161] That of the opus operantis, the work of the performer, the communicant.

[162] L. Op. (L.) xvii, p. 281.