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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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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.
1For here in this one matter of controuersy between you, Smith, and me, you deuide against nature the accidentes of bread and wine, from their substances, and the substance of Christ from his accidences, and contray to the scripture you deuide our eternall life, attributing vnto the sacrifice of Christ vpon the crosse, only the beginning therof and the continuance therof you ascribe vnto the sacrifice of popish priestes. And in the sacramentes you separate Christes body from his spirite, affirming that in Baptisme we receaue but his spirite, and in the communion but his flesh. And that Christes spirit renueth our life, but increaseth it not, and that his flesh increceth our life, but geueth it not. And agaynst all nature, reasō and truth, you confound the substance of bread and wine, with the substance of Christes body and bloud, in such wise as you make but one nature and person of them all. And against scripture and all comformity of nature, you confound and iumble so together the natural members of Christes body in the sacrament, that you leaue no distinction, proportion nor fashion of mannes body at all.
- 1Absurda & falsa.