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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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1IF either division or confusion may try the true mother, the wicked church the Rome (not in speech only, but in all other practises) hath long gone about §1to oppress, confound and divide the true and lively faith of Christ, showing her self not to be the true mother, but a most cruel stepmother, dividing, confounding and counterfeiting all things at her pleasure, not contrary to nature only, but chiefly against the plain words of scripture.
1IF either diuisiō or confusion may try the true mother, the wicked church the Rome (not in speech only, but in all other practises) hath long gone about §1to oppresse, confound and deuide the true and liuely fayth of Christ, shewing her selfe not to be the true mother, but a most cruell stepmother, deuiding, confounding and counterfayting al thinges at her pleasure, not cō trary to nature only, but chiefly against the playn wordes of scripture.
- 1The Church of Rome is not the true mother of the catholic faith.The Church of Rome is not the true mother of the catholick fayth.
1For here in this one matter of controversy between you, Smith, and me, you divide against nature the accidents of bread and wine, from their substances, and the substance of Christ from his accidences, and contrary to the scripture you divide our eternal life, attributing unto the sacrifice of Christ upon the cross, only the beginning thereof and the continuance thereof you ascribe unto the sacrifice of popish priests. And in the sacraments you separate Christs body from his spirit, affirming that in Baptism we receive but his spirit, and in the communion but his flesh. And that Christs spirit reneweth our life, but increaseth it not, and that his flesh increaseth our life, but giveth it not. And against all nature, reason and truth, you confound the substance of bread and wine, with the substance of Christs body and blood, in such wise as you make but one nature and person of them all. And against scripture and all conformity of nature, you confound and jumble so together the natural members of Christs body in the sacrament, that you leave no distinction, proportion nor fashion of mans body at all.