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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 the Catechism of Germany by me translated into English,1 §3to this I have answered before, and truth it is, that either you understand not the phrase of the old authors of the church, or else of purpose you will not understand me. But hereunto you shall have a more full answer, when I come to the proper place thereof in the iiij. part of my book.
And as for the Catechisme of Germany by me translated into English,1 §3to this I haue aunswered before, and truth it is, that eyther you vnderstand not the phrase of the old authors of the church, or els of purpose you will not vnderstand me. But hereunto you shall haue a more full aunswer, when I come to ye proper place therof in ye iiij. part of my booke.
- 1The Catechism.The Catechisme.
And as concerning the words of Theophilact upon the gospel of John,§4 he speaketh to one effect, and useth much like terms upon the gospels of Matthew, Mark and John, whereunto I have sufficiently answered in my former book. And because the answer may be the more present, I shall rehearse some of my words here again. Although (said I) Theophilactus spake of the eating of the very body of Christ, and the drinking of his very blood, and not only of the figures of them (and of the conversion of the bread and wine into the body and blood of Christ,) yet he meaneth not of a gross, carnal, corporal and sensible conversion of the bread and wine, nor of a like eating and drinking of his flesh and blood (for so not only our stomachs would yearn, & our hearts abhor to eat his flesh and to drink his blood, but also such eating and drinking could nothing profit and avail us) but he spake of the celestial and spiritual eating of Christ, and of a sacramental conversion of the bread, calling the bread not only a figure, but also the body of Christ, giving us by those words to understand, that in the sacrament we do not only eat corporally the bread (which is a sacrament and figure of Christs body) but spiritually we eat also his very body, and drink his very blood. And this doctrine of Theophilactus is both true, godly and comfortable. This I wrote in my former book, which is sufficient to answer unto all that you have here spoken.