Early in 1306 he modified or explained away those features of the bulls Clericis Laicos and Unam sanctam which were particularly offensive to the king.
Reciprocal action is explained away into a " preestablished harmony " between every monad and all others.
They allegorized the Eucharist and explained away the bread and wine of which Jesus said to His apostles, "Take, eat and drink," as mere words of Christ, and denied that we ought to offer bread and wine as a sacrifice.
They explained away baptisms as "words of the Holy Gospel," citing the text "I am the living water."
A footnote (1743) explained away the allusion by making it apply to Richard Brome, the disciple of Ben Jonson.
