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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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Saint Ambrose doth not (as this Author would have it) impugn Transubstantiation,1 §1but confirmeth it most plainly, because he teacheth the true presence of Christs body in the sacrament, which he saith, is by change, and things still remaining, and that may be verified in the outward visible matter, that is to say, the accidents remaining with their proper effects, which therefore may worthily be called things. And here I would ask this Author, if his teaching as he pretendeth were the catholic faith, and §2the bread only signified Christs body, what should need this force of Gods word that S. Ambrose speaketh of, to bring in the creation of the world, whereby to induce mans faith in this mystery to the belief of it? As for the example of Baptism to show the change in mans soul, whereof I have spoken, declaring Emissene, serveth for an induction not to lean to our outward senses, ne to mistrust the great miracle of God in either, because we see none outward experience of it, but else it is not necessary that the resemblance shall answer in equality, otherwise then as I said afore, each part answering his convenient proportion, and as for their comparison of resemblance Baptism with the sacrament, this author in his doctrine specially reproveth, in that he can not I think deny, but man by regeneration of his soul in Baptism, is the partaker of holiness, but as for the bread, he specially admonisheth, that it is not partaker of holiness by this consecration, but howsoever this author in his own doctrine snarleth him self, the doctrine of S. Ambrose is plain, that before the consecration it is bread, and after the consecration the body of Christ, which is an undoubted affirmation then to be no bread, howsoever the accidents of bread do remain.