De veritate sacramenti eucharistie in quo vere et realiter continetur ipse Christus. Est etenim necessarium simpliciter credere et firmiter confiteri quod a domino Iesu Christo audivimus dictum carnem scilicet suam vere esse cibum et suum sanguinem vere esse potum, scilicet in sacramento altaris in quo vere et realiter continetur. Ad quod probandum et fideliter persuadendum procedemus triplicer: Primo per auctoritates, quod omnes, tam theologi quam sacra concilia et doctores antiqui, tenent et confitentur dominum Iesum Christum realiter esse in sacramento altaris sub speciebus panis et vini. Secundo per rationes, quod rationibus fidelibus probari potest, etsi non demonstrativis, veritas carnis et sanguinis Christi in sacramento eucharistie. Tertio per exempla: qualiter miracula et exempla operata in sacramento altaris ostendunt vere ibi esse corpus Christi.

On the truth of the sacrament of the Eucharist in which Christ is truly and really contained. We must simply believe and firmly acknowledge what we have heard from the Lord Jesus Christ: that his flesh is truly food and his blood truly drink, that is, in the sacrament of the altar in which Christ is truly and really contained; and to prove and to faithfully persuade of this, we shall proceed threefold: Firstly, through authorities, because theologians, sacred councils as well as the ancient Doctors affirm and profess that, in the sacrament of the altar, the Lord Jesus Christ really is converted into the forms of bread and wine. Secondly, through reasons, because the truth of the flesh and blood of Christ in the sacrament of the Eucharist can be proven by faithful arguments, even if not conclusively demonstrated. Thirdly, through examples, as miracles and instances performed in the sacrament of the altar demonstrate the true presence of the body of Christ there.

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