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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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First I allege against Smiths negation, your affirmation, which, as it is more true in this point then his negation, so for your estimation it is able to countervail his saying, if there were nothing else: & yet if Smith had well pondered what I have written in the second chap. of my second book, and in the 7. and 8. chapters of my third book, he should have found this matter so fully proved, that he neither is, nor never shall be able to answer thereto. For I have alleged the scripture, I have alleged the consent of the old writers, holy fathers, and martyrs, to prove that Christ called bread his body, and wine his blood. For the Evangelists speaking of the Lords supper,1 say, that he took bread, blessed it, brake it, & gave it to his disciples, saying: This is my body: and of the wine he said: Take this, divide it among you, & drink it: this is my blood. I have alleged Irene,2 saying that Christ confessed bread to be his body, and the cup to be his blood I have cited Tertullian who saith in many places,3 that Christ called bread his body. I have brought in for the same purpose Cyprian,4 who saith that Christ called such bread as is made of many corns joined together, his body: and such wine he named his blood, as is pressed out of many grapes. I have written the words of Epiphanius,5 which be these, that Christ speaking of a loaf which is round in fashion, and can neither see, hear, nor feel, said of it: This is my body. And S. Hierom writing ad Hedibiam, 6sayth that Christ called the bread which he brake, his body. And S. Augustine saith,7 that Jesus called meat, his body, and drink his blood. And Cyril saith more plainly,8 that Christ called the pieces of bread his body. And last of all I brought forth Theodorete,