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A discussion of the popish doctrine of transubstantiation wherein the same is declared, by…A discussion of the popish doctrine of transubstantiation vvherein the same is declared, by…
A discussion of the popish doctrine of transubstantiation wherein the same is declared, by the confession of their own writers, to have no necessary ground in Gods Word: as also it is further demonstrated to be against Scripture, nature, sense, reason, religion, and the judgement of t5xxauncients, and the faith of our ancestors: written by Thomas Gataker B. of D. and pastor of Rotherhith.A discussion of the popish doctrine of transubstantiation vvherein the same is declared, by the confession of their owne writers, to haue no necessary ground in Gods Word: as also it is further demonstrated to be against Scripture, nature, sense, reason, religion, and the iudgement of t5xxauncients, and the faith of our auncestours: written by Thomas Gataker B. of D. and pastor of Rotherhith.
London: printed by John for William Sheffard, 1624London: printed by Iohn for William Sheffard, 1624
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3. By granting that if he had taught that Christs flesh in it self were torn with teeth, &c. it were indeed heretical blasphemy. And what other thing (I pray you) doth Pope Nicholas affirm, when he saith that *Christs very body not in the Sacrament only, but in very truth and sensually is torn in pieces with mens teeth? This is not to excuse him, but to accuse and condemn him both of heresy and blasphemy.
3. By granting that if he had taught that Christs flesh in it selfe were torne with teeth, &c. it were indeed hereticall blasphemie. And what other thing (I pray you) doth Pope Nicholas affirme, when he saith that *Christs very bodie not in the Sacrament onely, but in very truth and sensually is torne in pieces with mens teeth? This is not to excuse him, but to accuse and condemne him both of heresie and blasphemy.
- *Non solum sacramentum, sed verum corpus & sanguinē Christi in veritate sensual•ter, & non in sacramento tantum tracta •i & frangi Durand. ex Nicol. in ration. divin. l. 4. p. 2. ad 6. p. can.Non solum sacramentum, sed verum corpus & sanguinē Christi in veritate sensual•ter, & non in sacramento tantum tracta •i & frangi Durand. ex Nicol. in ration. diuin. l. 4. p. 2. ad 6. p. can.
4. By affirming that the Popes words need not Gratians Gloss to save them from any such imputation. Yet Gabriel Biel a great Schoolman (whom we rather believe) freely confesseth that Pope Nicholas in so saying u