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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 when the Papists teach that the body of Christ is really in the sacrament §3under the form of bread, they speak not this, giving faith to Christ his words (as you say they do) for Christ never spake any such words, and as for this saying of Christ, this is my body, it is a figurative speech, called Metonymia, 1when one thing is called by the name of another, which it signifieth, and it hath no such sense as you pretend, for these is a great diversity between these two sayings. This is my body, and, the body of Christ is really in the sacrament under the form of bread. But the Papists have set Christs words upon the tenters, and stretched them out so far, that they make his words to signify as pleaseth them, not as he meant.
And when the Papistes teache that the body of Christ is really in the sacramēt §3vnder the forme of bread, they speak not this, geueng faith to Christ his words (as you say they doe) for Christ neuer spake any such words, and as for this saying of Christ, this is my body, it is a figuratiue speach, called Metonymia, 1when one thing is called by the name of another, which it signifieth, and it hath no such sence as you pretend, for these is a great diuersity betweene these two sayinges. This is my body, and, the body of Christ is really in the sacrament vnder the forme of bread. But the Papists haue set Christes wordes vpon the tenters, and stretched them out so farre, that they make his wordes to signifie as pleaseth them, not as he meant.
- 1Metonymia.
1And this is a marvellous doctrine of you, to say that Christ was the body