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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 1 › The B. of Salisbury.Article 1 › The B. of Sarisburie.
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It is called Communio: ergo, the Priest may receive it without communicants. O M. Harding weigh your arguments better before you send them thus abroad. You shall less offend God, and your own conscience: you shall less deceive your brethren: and children shall take less occasion to wounder at you.
It is called Communio: ergo, the Prieste may receiue it without communicantes. O M. Hardinge weighe your argumentes better before you sende them thus abroade. You shal lesse offende God, and your owne conscience: you shal lesse deceiue your brethren: and children shal take lesse occasion to wounder at you.
Now to add a little more hereunto touching the nature of this word Communio, wherein you so uncourteousely charge all others with ignorance, and lack of learning, as it pleaseth you to do through out your whole book, I think it not amiss to show you, what certain writers both old and new have thought and written in that behalf. I need not here to allege the words that S. Paul useth touching the holy Communion,1 We are all one Bread, all one Body, as many as do Communicate of one Bread: Neither that S. Hierome saith, The Lords Supper must be common: Neither that Chrysostom▪ The thing that is the Lords, they make Private: But the Lords things are not this servants, or that servants, but common to all: Neither that S. Augustine saith,2 Hunc cibum & potum, societatem vult intelligi Corporis, & membrorum suorum, He would have us to understand, that this Meat, and Drink is the fellowship of his Body, and of his members: Neither that Chrysostom saith, Quidnam appello Communicationem? Idem ipsum Corpus sumus. Quidnam significat Panis? Corpus Christi. Quid fiunt qui accipiunt? Corpus Christi. What cal I the Communication,3 or Communion? we are all one self same Body. What signifieth the Bread? The Body of Christ. And what are they made that receive it? The Body of Christ. Although these Fathers by these words do manifestly declare, that the holy Mysteries in their time were divided commonly to the whole people: yet will I take no advantage thereof, for that M. Harding will reply, they come not precisely to the nature of this word Communio.