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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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1Where you find your self grieved with my citing of S. Paul that Christs priesthood cannot pass from him to another, which is §1not (say you) the truth of the text, which meaneth that the Priesthood of Christ endeth not in him to go to an other by succession: your manner of speech herein is so dark, that it giveth no light at all. For it seemeth to signify, that Christs priesthood endeth, but not to go to other by succession, but by some other means, which thing if you mean, then you make the endless priesthood of Christ to have an end. And if you mean it not, but that Christs priesthood is endless, and goeth to no other by succession, nor other wise, then I pray you what have I offended in saying, that Christs priesthood cannot pass from him to an other? And as for the greek words ([Greek or Hebrew]) and ([Greek or Hebrew]) signify any manner of succession, whether it be by inheritance, adoption, election, purchase, or any other means. And he that is instituted and inducted into a benefice after an other, is called his successor. And Erasmus calleth [Greek or Hebrew] quod in alium transire non potest. And so doth [Greek or Hebrew] signify quod successione caret. That is to say, a thing that hath no succession nor passeth to none other. And because Christ is a perpetual and everlasting priest (that by one oblation made a full sacrifice of sin for ever) therefore his priesthood, neither needeth nor can pass to any other: wherefore the ministers of Christs church, be not now appointed priests to make a new sacrifice for sin (as tho Christ had not done that at once sufficiently for ever,) but to preach abroad Christs sacrifice, and to be ministers of his words and sacraments.