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An answerAn aunsvvere
An answer by the Reverend Father in God Thomas Archbishop of Canterbury, primate of all England and metropolitan, unto a crafty and sophistical cavillation, devised by Stephen Gardiner Doctor of Law, late Bishop of Winchester against the true and godly doctrine of the most holy sacrament, of the body and blood of our saviour Jesus Christ Wherein is also, as occasion serveth, answered such places of the book of Doct. Richard Smith, as may seem any thing worthy the answering. Here is also the true copy of the book written, and in open court delivered, by D. Stephen Gardiner ...An aunsvvere by the Reuerend Father in God Thomas Archbyshop of Canterbury, primate of all England and metropolitane, vnto a craftie and sophisticall cauillation, deuised by Stephen Gardiner Doctour of Law, late Byshop of Winchester agaynst the true and godly doctrine of the most holy sacrament, of the body and bloud of our sauiour Iesu Christ Wherein is also, as occasion serueth, aunswered such places of the booke of Doct. Richard Smith, as may seeme any thyng worthy the aunsweryng. Here is also the true copy of the booke written, and in open court deliuered, by D. Stephen Gardiner ...
London: printed by John Daye, 1580London: printed by Iohn Daye, 1580
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And whereas you say, that my notes be Descant voluntary without the Tenor part, I have named both the book and chapter, where S. Dyonyse §6telleth how the priest when he cometh to the receiving of the sacraments, he divideth the bread in pieces, and distributeth the same to all that be present: which one sentence containeth sufficiently all my three notes. So that if you be disposed to call my notes Descant, there you may find the plain song or tenor part of them. And it is no marvel that you cannot judge well of my Descant, when you see not or will not see the Plain song whereupon the descant was made.
And whereas you say, that my notes be Descant voluntary without ye Tenour part, I haue named both the booke and chapter, where S. Dyonyse §6telleth how the priest when he commeth to the receauing of the sacraments, he deuideth the bread in peeces, and distributeth the same to all yt be present: which one sentence contayneth sufficiently all my three notes. So that if you be disposed to call my notes Descant, there you may finde the playne song or tenor part of them. And it is no maruel that you cannot iudge well of my Descant, when you see not or will not see the Plain song wherupon the descant was made.
Now followeth Tertullian of whom I write thus.
Furthermore they do allege Tertullian that he constantly affirmeth,1 that in the sacrament of the alter we do eat the body and drink the blood of our saviour Christ. To whom we grant that our flesh eateth and drinketh the bread & wine, which be called the body & blood of Christ because (as Tertullian saith) they do represent his body and blood, although they be not really the same in very deed. And we grant also, that our souls by faith do eat his very body & drink his blood, but that is spiritually, sucking out of the same everlasting life. But we deny that unto this spiritual feeding is requiring any real and corporal presence.