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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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Winchester.
This is a marvellous Rhetoric, and such as the author hath overseen himself §1in the utterance of it, and confesseth himself prettily abused, to the latter end of his years to have believed that, he now calleth so foolish. But to the purpose. In the book of common §2prayer (now at this time) set forth in this Realm: It is ordered to teach the people, that in each part of the bread consecrate, broken, is the whole body of our Saviour Christ, which is agreeable to the Catholic doctrine: Upon occasion hereof, it liketh this author to multiply language by enumeration of parts, and because reason without faith, directeth the bodily eye, to so little a visible quantity in the host, this Author beareth in hand the §3Catholic Church to say and teach, all that fond reason deviseth, where as the Church in y• doctrine of this mystery, denieth all that reason without faith deviseth, and therefore, when we acknowledge by faith, Christs body present, although we say, it is present truly, §4Really, Substantially, yet we say, our senses be not privy to that presence, •e the manner of it, but by instruction of faith, and therefore we say, Christs body to be not locally present, not by manner of quantity, but invisible, and in no sensible manner, but marvellously in a Sacrament and mystery truly, and in such a spiritual manner, as we can not §5define and determine, and yet by faith we know his body present, the parts of which §7be in them self distinct, one from an other, in their own substance, but not by circumscription of several places, to be comprehended of our capacity, which parts, we can by no demonstration, place, nor by imagination displace, diminish, alter, or confound, as this author for his pleasure reporteth, who writeth monstrously in so high a mystery, and