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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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As touching Cyprian,1 this author maketh an exposition of his own devise, which he would have taken for an answer unto him. Where as Cyprian of all other, like as §2he is ancient within 250. years of Christ, so did he write very openly in the matter and therefore Melanchthon in his epistle to Decolampadius did choose him for one,2 whose words in the affirmation of Christs true presence in the sacrament had no ambiguity And like judgement doth Hippinus in his book before alleged give of Cyprianus faith in the sacrament,3 which two I allege to countervail the judgement of this author, who speaketh of his own head as it liketh him, playing with the words, gross, and carnal, and using the word represent, as though it expressed a figure only. Hippinus in the said book allegeth Cyprian to say, Lib, 3. ad Quirinum that the body of our Lord §3is our sacrifice in flesh,4 meaning, as Hipinus saith, (Eucharistiam,) wherein S Augustin (as Hippinus saith further) in the prayer for his mother, speaking of the bread and wine of Eucharistia, saith that in it is dispensed the holy host and sacrifice, whereby was cancelled the bill obligatory that was against us. And further Hippinus saith, that the old men called the bread and wine of our Lords supper, a sacrifice, an host, and oblation for that specially, because they believed & taught the true body of Christ and his true blood to be distribute in the bread and wine of Eucharistia, and as S. Augustin sayth ad Januarium,