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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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Hereof M. Harding seemeth to reason thus: By the Communion all faithful are joined both unto God, & also between them selves: Ergo, the Priest may say Private Mass. Little thought the good Father, that his words should ever be thus used, or so violently forced to such Conclusions. But let us drive this argument a little further, that the inconvenience and the error may the better appear.
Hereof M. Hardinge séemeth to reason thus: By the Communion al faithful are ioyned bothe vnto God, & also betwéene them selues: Ergo, the Priest may say Priuate Masse. Litle thought ye good Father, that his woordes should euer be thus vsed, or so violently forced to such Conclusions. But let vs driue this argument a little further, that the inconuenience and the errour may the better appeare.
Only the Priests in their Private Masses receive the Communion: Ergo, for that action and time only the Priests are made one Body of Christ. And then further, That body of Christ is the whole Church: Ergo, the Priests by their Private Masses, are made the whole Church.
Onely the Priestes in their Priuate Masses receiue the Communion: Ergo, for that action and time onely the Priestes are made one Bodie of Christe. And then further, That bodie of Christe is the whole Churche: Ergo, the Priestes by their Priuate Masses, are made the whole Churche.
But that thou mayest plainly see, Christian reader, wherein M. Harding was thus deceived: thou must understand, that Cyrillus taketh his reason, as far as it toucheth the Communion of the Sacrament, as we use to say in schooles, Ab effectis, and not A causis. But M. Harding turneth it quite contrary: as if it were taken A causis, and not Ab effectis. And that Cyrillus so reasoneth, it is soon seen. For the receiving of the Sacrament is not the efficient cause, that we are made one Body in Christ,