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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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Now as touching the second part of Chrysostom, where he saith, that the bread when it is consecrated, is delivered from the name of bread and is exalted to the name of the Lords body, and yet the nature of bread doth still remain, he meaneth that the bread is delivered from the bare name of bread, to represent unto us the body of Christ (according to his institution) which was crucified for us, not that he is present or crucified in the bread, but was crucified upon the Cross. And the bread is not do clearly delivered from the name of bread, that it is no bread at all, (for ⟨p. 292⟩he saith the nature of bread doth still remain) nor that it may not be called by the name of bread, but it is so delivered, that commonly it is called by the higher name of the Lords body,1 which to us it representeth. As you and I were delivered from our surnames, when we were consecrated bishops, sithens which time we have so commonly been used of all men to be called bishops (you of Winchester and I of Canterbury) that the most part of the people know not that your name is Gardiner, and mine Cranmer. And I pray God that we being called to the name of Lords, have not forgotten our own baser estates, that once we were simple squires. And yet should he have done neither of us wrong, that should §3have called us by our right names, no more then S. Paul doth any injury to the bread in the sacrament, calling it bread, although it have also an higher name of dignity, to be called the body of Christ. And as the bread being a figure of Christs body hath the name thereof, and yet is not so in deed, so I pray God that we have not rather been figures of bishops, bearing the name and title of Pastors and Bishops before men, then that we have in deed diligently fed the little flock of Christ with the sweet and wholesome pasture of his true and lively word.
Now as touching the second part of Chrisostome, where he sayth, that the bread when it is consecrated, is deliuered from the name of bread and is exalted to the name of the Lordes body, and yet the nature of bread doth still remayne, he meaneth that the bread is deliuered from the bare name of bread, to represent vnto vs the body of Christ (according to his institution) which was crucified for vs, not that he is present or crucified in the bread, but was crucified vpon the Crosse. And the bread is not do clearely deliuered from the name of bread, that it is no bread at all, (for