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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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Here Smith findeth him self much grieved at two false reports, wherewith he saith that I untruly charge the Papists. One when I write that some say, that the very natural body of Christ is in the Sacrament naturally,1 and sensibly, which thing Smith utterly denieth any of them to say, and that I falsely lay this unto their charge. And moreover it is very false, (saith he) that you lay unto our charges, that we say, that Christs body is in the Sacrament as it was borne of the virgin, and that it is broken, and torn in pieces with our teeth. This also Smith saith is a false report of me.
Here Smith findeth him selfe much greeued at two false reports, wherwith he saith that I vntruely charge the Papists. One when I write that some say, that the very naturall body of Christ is in the Sacrament naturally,1 and sensibly, which thing Smith vtterly denieth any of them to say, and that I falsely lay this vnto their charge. And moreouer it is very false, (saith he) that you lay vnto our charges, that we say, that Christes body is in the Sacrament as it was borne of the virgin, and that it is broken, and torne in peeces with our teeth. This also Smith saith is a false report of me.
- 1D. Smith. Some say that Christ in naturally in the sament.
But whether I have made any untrue report or no, let the books be judges. As touching the first, the Bishop writeth thus in his book of the Devils sophistry, the 14. leaf. Good men were never offended with breaking of the host, which they daily saw, being also persuaded Christs body to be present in the Sacrament naturally, and really. And in the 18. leaf he saith these words, Christ, God and man, is naturally present in the Sacrament. And in ten, or twelve places of this his last book, he saith, that Christ is present in the Sacrament, naturally, corporally, sensibly, and carnally, as shall appear evidently in the reading thereof. So that I make no false report herein, who report no otherwise, then the apistes have written, and published openly in their books.