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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 think that my second book against Transubstantiation §14was a collection of me, when I minded to maintain Luther's opinion against Transubstantiation only, you have no probation of your thought, but still you remain in your dreams, trances and vain phantasies, which you have used throughout your book, so that what so ever is in the bread and wine, there is in you no Transubstantiation, nor alteration in this thing at all.
And where you thinke that my second booke agaynst Transubstantiation §14was a collection of me, when I minded to mayntayne Luthers opinion agaynst Trāsubstantiation onely, you haue no probatiō of your thought, but still you remayne in your dreames, traunses and vayne phantasies, which you haue vsed throughout your booke, so that what so euer is in the bread and wine, there is in you no Transubstantiation, nor alteration in this thing at all.
And what availeth it you so often to affirm this untruth, that the body of Christ is present in the Sacrament, as the soul of man is present in the body, except you be like to them that tell a lye so often, that with often repeating they think men believe it, and sometime by often telling they believe it them selves. But the authors bring not this similitude of the body and soul of man, to prove thereby the presence of Christs body in the Sacrament, but to prove the two natures of the godhead and the manhood in the person of Christ. Let us now discuss the mind of Chrysostom in this matter, whom I bring thus in my book.
And what auayleth it you so often to affirme this vntruth, that the body of Christ is present in the Sacrament, as the soule of man is present in the body, except you be like to them that tell a lye so often, that with often repeating they think men beleue it, and sometyme by often telling they beleue it them selues. But the authors bring not this similitude of the body and soule of man, to proue therby the presence of Christes body in the Sacrament, but to proue the two natures of the godhead and the manhoode in the person of Christ. Lette vs now discusse the minde of Chrisostome in this matter, whome I bring thus in my booke.