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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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Saint Ambrose also saith,1 that we must not seek Christ upon earth, nor in earth, but in heaven, where he sitteth at the right hand of his father.
Sainct Ambrose also sayth,1 that we must not seeke Christ vpon earth, nor in earth, but in heauen, where he sitteth at the right hand of hys father.
- 1Ambrosius in Lucam. li. 12. ca. 24.
And likewise saint Gregory writeth thus.1 Christ (saith he) is not here by the presence of his flesh, and yet he is absent no where by the presence of his Majesty.
And likewise saynct Gregory writeth thus.1 Christ (sayth he) is not here by the presence of hys flesh, and yet he is absent no where by the presence of hys Maiesty.
- 1Gregorius in Ho. Paschatis.
What subtlety thinkest thou (good reader) can the Papists now imagine, to defend their pernicious error, that Christ his human nature is bodily here in earth, in the consecrated bread and wine: seeing that all the old Church of Christ believed the contrary, and all the old authors wrote the contrary?