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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 would gather the same conclusion, if Christs flesh and blood be not really present, it seemeth that you understand not the purpose and intent of these Authors. For they bring not this similitude of the Sacrament for the real presence, but for the real being. That as the Sacrament consisteth in two parts, one earthly & an other heavenly, (the earthly part being the bread and wine, and the heavenly the body and blood of Christ) and these parts be all truly and really in deed, without colour, or simulation (that is to say very true bread and wine, in deed, the very true body and blood of Christ in deed:) even likewise in Christ be two natures, his humanity and earthly substance, and his divinity and heavenly substance, and both these be true natures and substances, without colour or dissembling. And thus is this similitude of the Sacrament brought in, for the truth of the natures, not for the presence of the natures. For Christ was perfect God and perfect man, when his soul went down to hell, and his body lay in the grave (because the body and soul were both still united unto his divinity) and yet it was not required that his soul should be present with the body in the sepulture, no more is it now required that his body should be really present in the Sacrament, but as the soul was then ⟨p. 366⟩in hell, so is his body now in heaven. And as it is not required, that where so ever Christs divinity is, there should be really and corporally his manhood: so it is not required, that where the bread and wine be, there should be corporally his flesh and blood.
And where you would gather the same cōclusion, if Christes flesh and bloud be not really present, it seemeth that you vnderstand not the purpose and intent of these Authors. For they bring not this similitude of the Sacrament for the reall presence, but for the reall beyng. That as the Sacrament consisteth in two partes, one earthly & an other heauenly, (the earthly part beyng the bread and wine, and the heauenly the body and bloud of Christ) and these partes be all truely and really in deede, without colour, or simulation (that is to say very true bread and wine, in deede, the very true body and bloud of Christ in deede:) euē likewise in Christ be two natures, his humanitie and earthly substaunce, and his diuinitie and heauēly substaunce, and both these be true natures and substaunces, without colour or dissemblyng. And thus is this similitude of the Sacrament brought in, for the truth of the natures, not for the presence of the natures. For Christ was perfect God and perfect man, whē his soule went downe to hell, and his body lay in the graue (bycause the body and soule were both still vnited vnto his diuinitie) and yet it was not required that his soule should be present with the body in the sepulture, no more is it now required that his body should be really present in the Sacrament, but as the soule was then