A19563:1936
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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But yet will you say peradventure, that although this make against Transubstantiation, yet it proveth the real presence of Christs body, seeing that it is whole in every part of the bread. It is whole in deed in every part of the bread divided, as it is in the whole bread undivided, which is sacramentally, not really, corporally, carnally, and naturally, as you feign ⟨p. 351⟩and imagine, & would constrain other to believe. And faith denieth not the §9bread, but teacheth it to remain as a sacrament. And calling of it Christs body, is not making of it to be really so, no more then the calling of the blessed virgin, Johns mother, made not her to be naturally so in deed, nor him to be her son. For although Christs words effectually spoken, be an effectual making, yet his words sacramentally and figuratively spoken, declare not the figure or sacrament to be indeed the thing that is signified.
But yet will you say peraduenture, that although this make agaynst Transubstantiation, yet it proueth the reall presence of Christes body, seeing that it is whole in euery part of the bread. It is whole in deed in euery part of the bread deuided, as it is in the whole bread vndeuided, which is sacramentally, not really, corporally, carnally, and naturally, as you fayne ⟨p. 351⟩and imagine, & would cōstrayn other to beleue. And fayth denieth not the §9bread, but teacheth it to remayne as a sacrament. And calling of it Christs body, is not making of it to be really so, no more then the calling of the blessed virgin, Iohns mother, made not her to be naturally so in deed, nor him to be her sonne. For although Christs words effectually spokē, be an effectuall making, yet his wordes sacramentally and figuratiuely spoken, declare not the figure or sacrament to be indeed the thing that is signified.