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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 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?
What subtilty thinkest thou (good reader) can the Papistes now imagin, to defend their pernitious errour, that Christ his humayn nature is bodyly here in earth, in the consecrated bread and wine: seeing that all the olde Churche of Christ beleued the contrary, and all the old authors wrote the contrary?
For they all affirmed and believed, that Christ being but one person, hath nevertheless in him two natures or substances, that is to say, the nature of his Godhead, and the nature of his manhood. They say furthermore, that Christ is both gone hence from us unto heaven, and is also here with us in earth, but not in his human nature, (as the Papists would have us to believe) but the old authors say, that he is in heaven, as concerning his manhood, and nevertheless both here and there, and every where, as concerning his Godhead. For although his divinity be such, that it is infinite, without measure, compass, or place, so that as concerning that nature, he is circumscribed with no place, but is every where, and filleth all the world: yet as concerning his human nature, he hath measure, compass, and place, so that when he was here upon earth, he was not at the same time in heaven: and now that he is ascended into heaven, as concerning that nature, he hath now forsaken the earth, and is only in heaven. For one nature that is circumscribed, compassed, & measured, can not be in divers places at one time. That is the faith of the old Catholic church,