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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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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.
Phillip Melancton no papist nor priest, writeth a very wise epistle in this matter to Decolampadius, and signifiyng soberly his beléefe of the presence of Christes very body in the Sacrament: and to proue the same to haue béen the fayth of the old church from ye beginning, alleadgeth the sayinges of Irene, Ciprian, Chrisostome, Hillary, Cirill, Ambrose and Theophilacte, which authors he estemeth both worthy credite, and to affirme the presence of Christes body in the Sacrament plainly without ambiguity. He answereth to certain places of S. Augustine and saith, all Decolampadius enterprise to depend vpon coniectures, and argumentes applausible to idle wittes, with much more wise matter as that epistle doth purport, which is set out in a booke of a good volume among the other Epistles of Decolampadius, so as no man may suspecte any thing counterfayte in the matter.
One Hippinus, or Oepinus of Hamborough, greatly esteemed among the Lutherians, hath written a book to the Kings Majesty that now is, published abroad in print, wherein much inueyng against the church of Rome, doth in the matter of the sacrament write as followeth: Encharistia is called by it self a sacrifice, because it is a remembrance of the true sacrifice offered upon the cross, and that in it is dispensed the true body & true blood of Christ, which is plainly the same in essence, that is to say substance, and the same blood in essence signifying, though the manner of presence be spiritual, yet the substance of that is present, is the same with that in heaven.