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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 is a pretty sleight in this comparison, where both parts of the comparison may be understanded on both sides, and therefore here is by the Author in this comparison no §1issue joined. For the worthy receiving of Christs body and blood in the Sacrament, is both with mouth and heart: both in fact and faith. After which sort, Saint Peter in the last Supper, received Christs body, where as in the same, Judas received §4it with mouth, and in fact only, whereof S. Augustine speaketh in this wise. Non dicuns ⟨p. 55⟩§3ista, nisi qui de mensa Domini vitam sumu sumunt,1 sicut Tetrus, non judicium, sicut Indas, & tamē ipsa utrique fuit vina, sed non utrique valuit ad unum, quia ipsi non erant unum. Which words be thus much to say: That they say not so (as was before entreated) but such as receive life of our Lords table (as Peter did) not judgement, (as Judas) and yet the table was all one to them both, but it was not to all one effect in them both, because they were not one. Here S. Augustine noteth the difference in the receiver, not in the Sacrament received, which being received with the mouth only, and Christ entering, in mystery only doth not sanctify us, but is the stone of stumbling, and our judgement and condemnation, but if he be received with mouth and body, with hart and faith, to such he bringeth life and nourishment. Wherefore in this comparison, the author hath made no difference, §1but with divers terms, the Catholic teaching is divided into two members with a (But) fashioned nevertheless in another phrase of speech then the church hath used, which is so common in this Author, that I will not hereafter note it any more for a fault. But let us go further.