A19563:1902
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 let us hear what this author will say to S. Ambrose. He rehearseth him of good length,1 but translateth him for advantage. As among other, in one place where S. §1Ambrose saith. This Sacrament which thou receivest, is made by the word of Christ. This author translateth, Is done by the word of Christ, because making must be understanded in the substance of the Sacrament chiefly before it is received, and doing may be referred to the effect chiefly, for which purpose it should seem the author of this book cannot away with the word made, whereat it pleaseth him in an other place of this book to be merry, as at an absurdity in the Papists, when in deed both S. Ambrose here, S. Cyprian, and S. Hierome also in their places use the same word speaking of this sacrament, and of the wonderful work of God in ordaining the substance of it, by such a conversion as bread is made the body of Christ. But as touching the answer of this author §2to S. Ambrose, it is divers. For first he doth traverse the authority of the book, which allegation hath been by other heretofore made, and answered unto in such wise, as the book remaineth S. Ambroses still, and Melanchthon saith it seemeth not to him unlike his, and therefore allegeth this very place out of him against Decolampadius. This author will not stick in that allegation, but for answer saith that S. Ambrose saith §3not that the substance of the bread and wine is gone, and that is true, he saith not so in syllables, but he saith so in sense, because he speaketh so plainly of a change in the bread into that it was not, whereunto this author for declaration of change, saith the bread and wine be changed into an higher estate, nature and condition, which three words of estate, nature and condition, be good words to express the change of the bread into the body of Christ, which body is of an other nature, an other state and condition, then the substance of the bread, without comparison higher.