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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 as for Cyprian and S. Augustine, here by you alleged, they serve nothing for your purpose, nor speak nothing against me, by Epinus own judgement. For Epinus saith, that Eucharistia is called a sacrifice, because it is a remembrance of the true sacrifice, which was offered upon the cross and that in it is dispensed the very body and blood, yea the very death of Christ, (as he allegeth of S. Augustine in that place) the holy sacrifice whereby he blotted out and cancelled the obligation of death, which was against us, nailing it upon the cross, and in his own person wan the victory, and triumphed against the princes & powers of darkness. This passion, death, and victory of Christ is dispensed and distributed in the Lords holy supper, and daily among Christs holy people. And yet all this requireth no corporal presence of Christ in the sacrament nor the words of Cypriā ad Quirinum neither. For if they did, then was Christs flesh corporally present in the sacrifice of the old testament 1500. years before he was borne: for of those sacrifices speaketh that text alleged by Cyprian ad Quirinum, 1whereof Epinus and you gather these words, that the body of our Lord is our sacrifice in flesh. And how so ever you wrest Melanchthon or Epinus they condemn clearly your doctrine, that Christs body is corporally contained under the forms or accidents of bread and wine.
And as for Cyprian and S. Augustine, here by you alleaged, they serue nothing for your purpose, nor speake nothing against me, by Epinus own iudgement. For Epinus sayth, that Eucharistia is called a sacrifice, because it is a remembrance of the true sacrifice, which was offred vpon the cros and that in it is dispensed the very body and bloud, yea the very death of Christ, (as he alleadgeth of S. Augustine in that place) the holy sacrifice wherby he blotted out and canceled the obligation of death, which was against vs, nayling it vpon the crosse, and in his owne person wanne the victory, and tryumphed agaynst the princes & powers of darknesse. This passion, death, and victory of Christ is dispēsed and distributed in ye Lords holy supper, and dayly among Christs holy people. And yet all this requireth no corporal presence of Christ in the sacrament nor the words of Cypriā ad Quirinum neither. For if they did, then was Christes flesh corporally present in the sacrifice of the old testament 1500. yeares before he was borne: for of those sacrifices speaketh that text alleaged by Cyprian ad Quirinum,