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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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For Joannes Scotus,1 otherwise called Duns, (the subtlest of all the school authors) entreating of this matter of Transubstantiation, showeth plainly the cause thereof. For (saith he) the words of the Scripture might be expounded more easily, and more plainly without Transubstantiation, but the church did choose this sense, (which is more hard, being moved thereto (as it seemeth) chiefly, because that of the Sacraments men ought to hold, as the holy church of Rome holdeth: But it holdeth, that bread is transubstantiate or turned into the body, and wine into the blood, as it is showed De summa Trinitate & fide Catholicae. Firmiter credimus.
For Ioannes Scotus,1 otherwise called Duns, (the subtillest of all the schoole authors) intreating of this matter of Transubstantiation, sheweth playnly the cause therof. For (sayth he) the wordes of the Scripture might be expounded more easely, and more playnly without Transubstantiation, but the church did choose this sense, (which is more hard, being moued therto (as it seemeth) chiefly, bicause that of the Sacramentes men ought to hold, as the holy churh of Rome holdeth: But it holdeth, that bread is transubstantiate or turned into the body, and wine into the bloud, as it is shewed De summa Trinitate & fide Catholicae. Firmiter credimus.
- 1Scotus super 4. sen. distinct. 11.
And Gabriel also (who of all other wrote most largely upon the Canon of the Mass) saith thus.1 It is to be noted, that although it be taught in the scripture, that the body of Christ is truly contained and received of christen people under the kinds of bread & wine, yet how the body of Christ is there, whether by conversion of any thing into it, or without conversion the body is there with the bread, both the substance and accidence of bread remaining there still, it is not found expressed in the Bible. Yet forasmuch as of the sacraments men must hold as the holy church of Rome holdeth, as it is written De haereticis, Ad abolendum. And that church holdeth and hath determined, that the bread is transubstantiated into the body of Christ, and the wine into his blood, Therefore is this opinion received of all them that be catholic, that the substance of bread remaineth not, but really and truly is turned, transubstantiated and changed