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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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Justus Jonas hath translated a Catechism out of dutch into latin,1 taught in the city of Nuremberg in Germany, where Hosiander is chief preacher, in which Catechism they be accounted for no true Christian men, that deny the presence of Christs body in the Sacrament. The words really and substantially, be not expressed as they be in Bucer, but the word (truly) is there, and as Butter saith, that is substantially. Which Catechism ⟨p. 14⟩was translated into english in this authors name about two years past.
Iustus Ionas hath translated a Catechisme out of dutch into latin,1 taught in the citie of Noremberge in Germany, where Hosiander is chiefe preacher, in which Catechisme they be accounted for no true Christian men, that deny the presence of Christes body in the Sacrament. The wordes really and substancially, be not expressed as they be in Bucer, but the word (truly) is there, and as Buter saith, that is substancially. Which Catechisme ⟨p. 14⟩was translated into englishe in this authors name about two yeares past.
- 1The saith of the Sacrament in the Catechism unproveth this Authors doctrine now.The sayth of the Sacrament in the Catechisme unproueth this Authors doctrine now.
Phillip Melancton no papist nor priest, writeth a very wise epistle in this matter to Decolampadius, and signifying soberly his belief of the presence of Christs very body in the Sacrament: and to prove the same to have been the faith of the old church from the beginning, allegeth the sayings of Irene, Cyprian, Chrysostom, Hillary, Cyril, Ambrose and Theophilacte, which authors he esteemeth both worthy credit, and to affirm the presence of Christs body in the Sacrament plainly without ambiguity. He answereth to certain places of S. Augustine and saith, all Decolampadius enterprise to depend upon conjectures, and arguments applausible to idle wits, with much more wise matter as that epistle doth purport, which is set out in a book of a good volume among the other Epistles of Decolampadius, so as no man may suspect any thing counterfeit in the matter.