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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 for the writing of Melanchthon to Decolampadius, you remain §4still in your old error,1 taking Myconius for Decolampadius. And yet the change of bread and wine in this sacrament (which Melanchthon speaketh §5of) is a sacramental change (as the nature of a sacrament requireth) signifying how wonderfully almighty God by his omnipotency worketh in us his lively members, and not in the dead creatures of bread and wine.
And for the writing of Melancthon to Decolampadius, you remayne §4still in your old error,1 taking Myconius for Decolampadius. And yet the change of bread and wine in this sacrament (which Melancthon speaketh §5of) is a sacramental change (as the nature of a sacramēt requireth) signifying how wonderfully almighty God by his omnipotēcy worketh in vs his liuely members, and not in the dead creatures of bread and wine.
- 1A sacramental change.A sacramentall change.
And the change is in the use, and not in the elements kept and reserved, wherein is not the perfection of a sacrament. Therefore as water in the font or vessel, hath not the reason and nature of a sacrament, but when it is put to the use of christening, and then it is changed into the proper nature and kind of a sacrament, to signify the wonderful change which almighty God by his omnipotency worketh really in them that be baptised therewith, such is the change of the bread and wine in the Lords supper. And therefore the bread is called Christs body after consecration (as S. Ambrose saith) and yet it is not so really but sacramentally. For it is neither Christs mystical body (for that is the congregation of the faithful dispersed abroad in the world) nor his natural body (for that is in heaven) but it is the sacrament both of his