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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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In the 26. leaf this author bringeth forth two sayings of S. Augustine,1 which when this author wrote, it is like he neither thought of the third or first book of this work. For these two sayings declare most evidently the real presence of Christs body §1and blood in the Sacrament, affirming the same to be the sacrifice of the church, whereby appeareth it is no figure only. In the first saying of S. Augustine is written thus, §2how faith showeth me that bread is the body of Christ: now whatsoever faith showeth is a truth, and then it followeth that of a truth it is the body of Christ, which speech bread is the body of Christ, is as much to say, as it is made the body of Christ, and made not as of a matter, but (as Emissene wrote) by conversion of the visible creature into the substance of the body of Christ, and as S. Augustine in the same sentence writeth §3it is bread before the consecration, and after, the flesh of Christ. As for the second saying of S. Augustine, how could it with more plain words be written, then to say that there is both the Sacrament and the thing of the Sacrament which is Christs body, calling the same the sacrifice of the church. Now if Christs body be there, it is truly there, and in deed there, which is really there, as for there in a figure, were as much to say, as not there in truth and indeed, but only signified to be absent, which is the nature of a figure in his proper and special speech. But S. Augustine saith even as the author bringeth him forth, and yet he gave his privy nip by the way thus: It is said of S. Augustine there be two things in the sacrifice, which be contained in it, whereof it consisteth so as the body of Christ is contained in this sacrifice by S. Augustine's mind. According whereunto S. Augustine is alleged to say in the same book, from whence this author took this saying, also these words following, under the kinds of bread and wine which we see, we honour things invisible, that is to say, the