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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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1Corporaliter filius per benedictionem misticam nobis ut homo unitur, spiritualiter autem §3ut deus. Which be in English thus much to say. The Son is unite as man corporally to us by the mystical benediction, spiritually as god. These be Cyril's words, who nameth the sacrament of the body and blood of Christ the mystical benediction land showeth in this sentence, how him self understandeth the words corporally and spiritually, That is to say, when Christ uniteth him self to us as man, which he doth giving §4his body in this Sacrament to such as worthily receive it, then he dwelleth in them corporally, which Christ was before in them spiritually, or else they could not worthily receive him to the effect of the unity corporal, & corporal dwelling, by which word (corporal)§5 is understanded no grossness at all, which the nature of a mystery excludeth, and yet keepeth truth still, being the understanding only attained by faith. But where the author §6of the book allegeth Cyril in words to deny the eating of a man and to affirm the receiving in this sacrament to be only by faith: It shall appear I doubt not upon further discussion, that Cyril saith not so, and the translations of Cyril into Latin after the print of Basil, in a book called Antidotum, and of whole Cyril's works printed at Colen, have not in that place such sentence. So as following the testimony of those books set forth by public faith in two sundry places, I should call the allegation of Cyril made by this author in this point untrue, as it is indeed in the matter untrue. And yet because the original error proceedeth from Decolampadius, it shall serve to good purpose, to direct the original fault to him: as he well deserveth to be, as he is noted guilty of it, whose reputation deceived many in the matter of the sacrament, and being well noted how the same Decolampadius corrupteth Cyril, it may percase somewhat work with this author, to consider how he hath in this place been deceived by him. I will write here the very words of Cyril in Greek, as they be of Decolampadius brought forth and published in his name, whereby the reader that understandeth the Greek (as many do at this time) may judge of Decolampadius conscience in handling this matter. The words of Cyril be alleged of Decoclampadius to be these in Greek. [Greek or Hebrew].