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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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And not only the civill law, and all other writers a thousand and five hundred years continually together have expounded S. Paul not of preaching only, but of other Service said in the church: but reason also giveth the same, that if men be commanded to hear any thing, it must be spoken in a language which the hearers understand,1 or else as S. Paul saith what availeth it to hear? So that the pope giving a contrary commandment, that the people coming to the church shall hear they were not what, and answer they know not whereto, taketh upon him to command not only against reason: but also directly against God.
And not onely the ciuill law, and all other writers a thousand and fiue hundred yeares cōtinually together haue expounded S. Paule not of preaching onely, but of other Seruice sayd in the church: but reason also geueth the same, that if men be commaunded to heare any thing, it must be spoken in a language which the hearers vnderstād,1 or els as S. Paule sayth what auayleth it to heare? So that the pope geuing a contrary commaundement, that the people comming to the church shall heare they wer not what, and aunswere they know not whereto, taketh vpon him to commaunde not onely agaynst reason: but also directly agaynst God.
- 1The Pope commandeth both against God & natural reason. The Sacrament ought to be received in both kinds of all Christians.The Pope cō maundeth both agaynst God & naturall reason. The Sacrament ought to be receaued in both kyndes of all Christians.
And again I said, whereas one saviour Christ ordained the Sacrament of his most precious body and blood, to be received of all Christian people, under the forms both of bread and wine, and said of the cup, drink ye all of this: the Pope giveth a clean contrary commandment, that no lay man shall drink of the cup of their salvation: as though the cup of Salvation by the blood of Christ, pertaineth not to lay men. And wherefore as Theophilus Alexandrinus, (whose works S. Hierome did translate about eleven hundred years