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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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1S. Cyprian's words do not impugn Transubstantiation, for they tend only to §1show that wine is the creature appointed to the celebration of this mystery, and therefore water only is no due matter according to Christs institution. And as the name wine must be used before the consecration, to show the truth of it then, so it may also be used for a name of it after to show what it was, which is often used. And in one place of Cyprian by this author here alleged, it appeareth S. Cyprian by the word wine, signifieth the heavenly wine of the vineyard of the Lord of Saba•th, calling it new wine, and alluding therein to David. And this doth Cyprian show in these words, How shall we drink with Christ new wine of the creature of the vine, if in the sacrifice to God the father and Christ we do not offer wine? Is not here mention of new wine of the creature of the vine: what new wine can be but the blood of Christ, the very wine consecrate by Gods omnipotency, of the creature of the vine offered? And therefore this one place may give us a lesson in Cyprian, that as he useth the word (wine) to signify the heavenly drink of the blood of Christ, made by consecration, of the creature of wine, so when he nameth the bread consecrate bread, he meaneth the heavenly bread Christ, who is the bread of life. And so Cyprian can make nothing by those words against Transubstantiation, who writeth plainly of the change of the bread by Gods omnipotency into the flesh of Christ, as shall after appear, where this author goeth about to answer to him.
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