A19563:1489
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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¶The Confutation of the second book.
¶The Confutation of the second booke.
Having declared how much against all truth this author would bear in hand, that the real presence, the corporal presence, and substantial presence of Christs most precious body and blood in the sacrament, is not the true catholic doctrine, but a devise of the Papists, which is a term wherewith this author both uncharitably §1charge the kings true subjects, among whom he knoweth a great many to be of that faith he calleth now Papish: But setting words a part and to come to the matter, as §2I have showed this author to err partly by wilfulness, partly by ignorance in the understanding of the old authors, concerning the true real presence of Christs body and blood in the Sacrament, so I trust to show this author overseen in the article of transubstantiation. For enter whereunto, first I say this, that albeit the word Transubstantiation was first spoken of by public authority in that assemble of learned men of Christendom, in a general counsel, where the Bishop of Rome was present, yet the true matter signified by that word, was older and believed before upon the true understanding of Christs words, and was in that counsel confessed, not for the authority of the Bishop of Rome, but for the authority of truth, being the article such as toucheth §3not the authority of the Bishop of Rome, but the true doctrine of Christs mystery, and therefore in this realm (the authority of Rome cessing) was also confessed for a truth by all the clergy of this realm in an open counsel, specially discussed and though §4the hardness of the law that by parliament was established, of that and other articles hath been repelled, yet that doctrine was never hitherto by any public counsel or any thing set forth by authority impaired, that I have hard, wherefore me thinketh this author should not improve it by the name of the Bishop of Rome, seeing we read how truth was uttered by Balaam and Caiaphas also: and S.