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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 where you say, it was never taught as I say,1 that Christs body is §2made of the matter of bread, you knowingly and willingly misreport me. For I say not, of the matter of bread, but of bread, which when you deny that the Papists so say, it seemeth you be now ashamed of the doctrine; which the Papists have taught this 4. or 5. hundred years. For is it not plainly written of all the Papists, both lawyers and school authors, that the body of Christ in the sacrament is made of bread, and his blood of wine? And they say not that his body is made present of bread & wine, but is made of bread and wine. Be not their books in print ready to be showed? Do they not say, ⟨p. 80⟩that the substance of the bread neither remaineth still nor is turned into nothing, but into the body of Christ? And do not your self also say here in this place, that the substance of bread is converted into Christs precious body? And what is that else, but the body of Christ to be made of bread, and to be made of a new matter? For if the bread do not vanish away into nothing, but be turned into Christs body, then is Christs body made of it, and then §3it must needs follow that Christs body is made of new, and of an other substance then it was made of in his mothers womb. For there it was made of her flesh and blood, and here it is made of bread and wine. And the Papists say not (as you now would shift of the matter) that Christs body is made present of bread, but they say plainly without addition, that it is made of bread. Can you deny that this is the plain doctrine of the Papists Ex pane fit Corpus Christi, of bread is made the body of Christ, and that the substance of bread is turned into the substance thereof And what reason, sentence, or english, could be in this saying, Christs body is made present of bread? Marry to be present in bread might be some sentence, but the speech will you in no wise admit.
And where you say, it was neuer taught as I say,1 that Christs body is §2made of the matter of bread, you knowingly and willingly misreport me. For I say not, of the matter of bread, but of bread, which when you deny that the Papists so say, it semeth you be now ashamed of the doctrin; which the Papistes haue taught thys 4. or 5. hundred yeres. For is it not playnely written of all the Papists, both lawyers and scholl authors, that the body of Christ in the sacramēt is made of bread, and his bloud of wine? And they say not that his body is made present of bread & wine, but is made of bread and wine. Be not their books in print ready to be shewed? Do they not say,