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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 if all things that Christ did and spake to our outward senses,§6 prove not that he was a natural man (as you say with Martion, Menander, Ualentinus, Apollinaris, with other like sort) then I would know how you should confute the said heresies? Marty will you say peradventure, by the scripture which sayth playnly, Verbum caro factumest. But if they would say again, that he was called a man and flesh, because he took upon him the form of a man and flesh, and would say that S. Paul so declareth it,1 saying: Forinam serui accipiens, and would then say further, that form is the accidence of a thing, and yet hath the name of substance, but is not the substance indeed, what would you then say unto them? if you deny that the forms and accidences be called substances, then go you from your own saying. And if you grant it, then will they avoid all the scriptures that you can bring to prove Christ a man, by this cavillation, that the appearances, forms and accidences of a man, may be called a man, aswell as you say that the forms and accidences of bread, be called bread. And so prepare you certain propositions and grounds for heretics to build their errors upon, which after when you would; you shall never be able to overthrow.
And if all thinges that Christ did and spake to our outward senses,§6 proue not that he was a naturall man (as you say with Martion, Menander, Ualentinus, Apolinaris, withother like sort) thē I would know how you should confute the sayd heresies? Marty will you say peraduenture, by the scripture which sayth playnly, Verbum caro factumest. But if they would say agayne, that he was called a man and flesh, bicause he tooke vpon him the forme of a man and flesh, and would say that S. Paule so declareth it,1 saying: Forinam serui accipiens, and would then say further, that forme is the accidence of a thing, and yet hath the name of substance, but is not the substance indeede, what would you then say vnto them? if you deny that the formes and accidences be called substances, then go you from your owne saying. And if you graunt it, then will they auoyde all the scriptures that you can bring to proue Christ a man, by this cauilation, that the apparances, formes and accidences of a man, may be called a man, aswell as you say that the formes and accidences of bread, be called bread. And so prepare you certayne propositions and groundes for heretikes to build their errours vpon, which after when you would; you shall neuer be able to ouerthrowe.