A10170:905
The other part of Christian questions and answers which is concerning the sacraments, writ[n]…The other parte of Christian questions and answeares which is concerning the sacraments, writte[n]…
The other part of Christian questions and answers which is concerning the sacraments, writ[n] by Theodore Beza Vezelian: to which is added a large table of the same questions. Translated out of Latin into English by John Field.The other parte of Christian questions and answeares which is concerning the sacraments, writte[n] by Theodore Beza Vezelian: to which is added a large table of the same questions. Translated out of Latine into Englishe by Iohn Field.
London: printed by Thomas Dawson for Thomas Woodcocke, 1580
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
219. Question.
I pray thee add also the sixth.
I pray thee adde also the sixt.
Answer. If that same bread be properly the body of Christ, & that same wine properly the blood of Christ, as they are distinct signs, so also the body shall be separated from the blood: or either sign shall be properly whole Christ. Now if this later be true, the letter shall not simply be kept, but a synecdoche must be placed: as for example it must have been said properly, This bread is my body and my blood: and this cup is my blood and my body. And to what purpose I pray you had there needed a double element?
Answeare. If that same bread bee properly the body of Christ, & that same wine properly the blood of Christ, as they are distinct signes, so also the body shalbe separated from the blood: or either signe shalbe properly whole Christ. Nowe if this later be true, the letter shal not simplie be kept, but a synechdoche must be placed: as for example it must haue bene sayde properly, This bread is my body and my blood: and this cup is my blood and my body. And to what purpose I pray you had there needed a double element?