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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 where you say, that Thomas touched truly Christs body glorified, how could it be, when touching (as you say) is not of y• substance but of the accidents only? and also Christs body glorified (as you say) is neither visible nor palpable? And where as indeed you make Christs acts illusions,§7 and yet in words you pretend the contrary, call you not this illusion of our senses,1 when a thing appeareth to our senses, which is not the same thing indeed? When Jupiter & Mercury (as the comedy telleth) appeared to Alcumena in the similitude of Amphitrio & Sosia, was not Alcumena deceived thereby? And Poticaries that sell Juniper buries for pepper, being no pepper indeed, deceive they not the biers by illusion of their senses? Why then ⟨p. 279⟩is not in the ministration of the holy communion an illusion of our senses, if our senses take for bread and wine that which is not so indeed.
And where you say, yt Thomas touched truely Christes body glorified, how could yt be, whē touching (as you say) is not of y• substance but of the accidents only? and also Christes body glorified (as you say) is neyther visible nor palpable? And where as indeede you make Christs actes illusiōs,§7 and yet in wordes you pretend the contrary, call you not this illusiō of our sēses,1 whē a thing apeareth to our sēces, which is not ye same thing indeede? When Iupiter & Mercury (as the comedy telleth) apeared to Alcumena in ye similitude of Amphitrio & Sosia, was not Alcumena deceaued therby? And Poticaries yt sell Ieniper buries for pepper, being no pepper indeede, deceaue they not the biers by illusion of their sences? Why then ⟨p. 279⟩is not in the ministration of the holy communion an illusion of our senses, if our senses take for bread and wine that which is not so indeede.