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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 .8. Division.Article 2 › M. Hardinge. The .8. Diuision.
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M. Harding. The .8. Division.
M. Hardinge. The .8. Diuision.
And where as it was ministered in both kinds at Corinth, as it appeareth by S. Paul, and in sundry other places, as we find most evidently in the writings of divers ancient Fathers: Yet the Church hath been moved by diverse and weighty causes, to take order, that the people should receive their Communion under one kind, not only in the Council of Basil, but also in that of Constance, and long before them above a thousand years, in 521 the first Council of Ephesus, as many do probably gather, and namely Urbanus Regius a Doctor of Luther's school, confesseth in his Book De locis Communibus. One cause, and not the least, was, that thereby the heresy of Nestorius might the rather be extinguished, who amongst other errors held opinion 532 that under the form of Bread in the Sacrament is contained the Body of Christ without his Blood: and under the form of the Wine, his Blood only without his Body. Many other causes moved those Fathers to take that order, for the avoiding of many inconveniences, dangers and offences, which might happen in the use of the Cup: as unreverence of so high a Sacrament, whereof Christen people at the beginning had a marvellous care and regard: the loathsomeness of many, that can not brook the taste of wine: the difficulty of getting, and impossibility of keeping wine from corruption, in countries situated near to the North Pole, in that Clime, where is known to be great extremity of cold, beside a number of the like. So that it had been besides reason, to have bound all to the necessity of both kinds.