A04468:3141
A defence of the Apology of the Church of England containing an answer to…A defence of the Apologie of the Churche of Englande conteininge an answeare to…
A defence of the Apology of the Church of England containing an answer to a certain book lately set forth by M. Harding, and entitled, A confutation of &c. By John Jewel Bishop of Salisbury.A defence of the Apologie of the Churche of Englande conteininge an answeare to a certaine booke lately set foorthe by M. Hardinge, and entituled, A confutation of &c. By Iohn Iewel Bishop of Sarisburie.
Imprinted at London : In Fleetestreate, at the sign of the Elephant, by Henry Wykes, Anno 1567. 27. OctobrisImprinted at London : In Fleetestreate, at the signe of the Elephante, by Henry VVykes, Anno 1567. 27. Octobris
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Again he saith, 1Cùm Seniors putentur in Ecclesijs, & Principes Sacerdotum, Simplicem sequentes Literam, occidunt Filium Dei: Whereas thei be taken for the Elders of the Church, and the Chief of the Priests, following the Plain Letter, (as it is written, and not regarding the meaning) they kill the Son of God.
Againe he saithe, 1Cùm Seniores putentur in Ecclesijs, & Principes Sacerdotum, Simplicem sequentes Literam, occidunt Filium Dei: Whereas thei be taken for the Elders of the Churche, and the Chiefe of the Priestes, folowinge the Plaine Letter, (as it is written, and not regardinge the meaninge) they kille the Sonne of God.
- 1Hieron. in Matt. Cap. 16.
Let us see therefore, in what sense the Holy Catholic Fathers have in Old times expounded these Words of Christ.
Let vs sée therefore, in what sense the Holy Catholique Fathers haue in Olde times expounded these Woordes of Christe.
First, Tertullian saithe thus, Christus acceptum Panem, & distributum Discipulis, Corpus suum illum fecit,1 Hoc est Corpus meum, hoc est, Figura Corporis mei: Christ taking the Bread, and dividing it to his Disciples, made it his Body, saying: This is my Body, that is to say, This is a Figure of my Body. S. Augustine saith, Non dubitavit Dominus dicere, Hoc est Corpus meum, cùm daret Signum Corporis sui: Our Lord doubted not to say, This is my Body, when he gave a Token of his Body. I leave infinite other Authorities to like purpose. By these few we may easily perceive, in what sense the Holy Fathers in Old time understood these Words of Christ, This is my Body. Yet were they never therefore condemned of. Heresy, nor thought to deny any parcel of the Scriptures. S. Augustine saith,