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A reply unto M. Hardinges answerA replie vnto M. Hardinges ansvveare
A reply unto M. Hardinges answer by perusing whereof the discrete, and diligent reader may easily see, the weak, and unstable grounds of the Romaine religion, which of late hath been accounted Catholic. By John Jewel Bishop of Salisbury.A replie vnto M. Hardinges ansvveare by perusinge whereof the discrete, and diligent reader may easily see, the weake, and vnstable groundes of the Romaine religion, whiche of late hath beene accompted Catholique. By Iohn Iewel Bishoppe of Sarisburie.
Imprinted at London : In Fleetestreate, at the sign of the Black Oliphant, by Henry Wykes, Anno. 1565Imprinted at London : In Fleetestreate, at the signe of the Blacke Oliphante, by Henry VVykes, Anno. 1565
Article 2 › M. Harding. The .27. Division.Article 2 › M. Hardinge. The .27. Diuision.
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M. Harding. The .27. Division.
M. Hardinge. The .27. Diuision.
Now, where as some say, that the Sacrament to be given under the form of Bread, was first dipped in the Blood of our Lord, and would have so used now also, for the sick, and that it is so to be taken for the whole and entire Sacrament, as though the Sacrament under the form of Bread were not of it self sufficient: let them understand, that this was an old error, condemned above twelve hundred years past, by Julius the first, that great defender of Athanasius who hereof in an Epistle to the Bishops through Egypt, wrote thus:1 Illud verò quod pro comp•emento Communionis intinctam tradunt Eucharistiam populis, nec hoc prolatum ex Evangelio testimonium receperunt, ubi Apostolis Corpus suum Dominus commendau•t & sanguinem. Seorsum enim panis, & seorsum Calicis commendatio memoratur. Where as some deliver to the people the Sacrament dipped, for the full and whole Communion, they have not received this testimony pronounced out of the Gospel, where our Lord gave his Body and his Blood. For the giving of the Bre•d is recorded apart by it self: and the giving of the Cup, apart likewise by it self. And where as some afterward in the time of Vitellianus would have brought in again this abrogated custom, it was in like manner condemned and abolished, In tertio Concilio Braccarensi. Can. 1.
Nowe, where as some say, that the Sacrament to be geuen vnder the forme of Breade, was firste dipte in the Bloude of our Lorde, and woulde haue so vsed now also, for the sicke, and that it is so to be taken for the whole and entier Sacrament, as though the Sacrament vnder the forme of Breade were not of it selfe sufficient: let them vnderstande, that this was an olde errour, condemned aboue twelue hundred yeeres past, by Iulius the firste, that great defender of Athanasius who hereof in an Epistle to the Bishoppes through Egypte, wrote thus: