_That_, he acknowledged that some change was made in the eucharistic bread; that, when Jesus Christ, being sacramentally present, favours us with his substance,--as the Council of Trent expresses its doctrine on the Eucharist,--the appearances of bread and wine remain, and in their place succeed the body and blood of Christ: [053] [Sidenote: XII. 2. Grotius's Religious Sentiments.] _That_, Grotius did not approve of the sentiments of the Calvinists concerning the Eucharist, and reproached them with their contradiction. "You will hear them state in their confessions," says Grotius, "that they really, substantially and essentially partake of Christ's body and his blood; but, in their disputes, they maintain that Christ is received only spiritually, by faith. The antients go much further: they admit a real incorporation of Jesus Christ with us, and the reality of Christ's body, as Saint Hilarius speaks." It must however be remarked that, although Grotius thought that the term _Transubstantiation_ adopted by the council of Trent, was capable of a good interpretation, it is not clear, what was his precise opinion respecting the Eucharist. He proposed the following formulary: "We believe that, in the use of the supper, we truly, really, and substantially,--that is to say,--in its proper substance,--receive the true body and the true blood of Jesus Christ, in a spiritual and ineffable manner: [054]" _That_, Grotius justified the decision of the Council of Trent, concerning the number of the sacraments:[055] _That_, after the year 1640, he took no offence at the use of images in churches, or at prayers for the dead:[056] _That_, he thought the bishops of Rome may be in error, but cannot long remain in it, if they adhere to the universal church;--this seems to presuppose the church's infallibility:[057] [Sidenote: CHAP. XII.] _That_ in the opinion of Grotius; fasting was early used in the church; the observance of Lent was a very early practice: the sign of the cross had something respectable in it; the fathers held virginity a more perfect state than marriage; and the celibacy of the priests conformable to the antient discipline of the church:[058] And "that those, who shall read the decrees of the Council of Trent, with a mind disposed to peace, will find that every thing is wisely explained in them: and agreeable to what is taught by the Scriptures and the antient fathers."[059] It is certain, that Grotius was intimate with Father Petâu, a Jesuit, inferior to none of his society, in genius and learning; that the good father used all his endeavours to convert Grotius to the Roman Catholic religion; and was, at length, so much persuaded of his friend's catholicity, that, when he heard of his death, he said prayers for the repose of his soul.[060] [Sidenote: XII. 3. His Project of Religious Pacification.]