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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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In this comparison is both sleight and craft, in the first part of it, which is that they say, there is mention of the body of Christ, which is proper of the humanity of Christ.1 In the second part, which is of (we say) there is no mention of Christs body but of Christ, who in his divine nature is understanded present without a body. Now the Sacrament is institute of Christs body and blood, and because the divine nature in Christ continueth §2the unity with the body of Christ, we must needs confess where the body of Christ is there is whole Christ God and man. And when we speak of Christs body, we must understand a true body, which hath both form and quantity, and therefore such as confess the true Catholic faith, they affirm of Christs body all truth of a natural body, which although it hath all those truths of form and quantity, yet they say Christs body is not present after the manner of quantity, nor in a visible form as it was conversant in this §3present life: but that there is truly in the Sacrament, the very true body of Christ, which §4good men believe upon the credit of Christ that said so, and knowledge therewith the manner of that present to be an high mystery, and the manner so spiritual, as the carnal man cannot by discourse of reason reach it, but in his discourse shalt (as this author doth) think it a vanity and foolishness: which foolishness nevertheless, overcometh the wisdom of the world. And thus have I opened what they say on the Catholic part.
In this comparison is both sleight and crafte, in the first parte of it, which is that they say, there is mention of the body of Christ, which is proper of the humanity of Christ.