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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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Wherefore the Papists (which say, that the body of Christ is in an infinite number of places at one time) do make his body to be God, and so confound the two natures of Christ, attributing to his human nature, that thing, which belongeth only to his divinity: which is a most heinous, & detestable heresy.
Wherefore the Papistes (which say, that the body of Christ is in an infinite number of places at one tyme) doo make his body to be God, and so confound the two natures of Christ, attributing to his humain nature, that thing, which belōgeth onely to his diuinitie: which is a most heinous, & detestable heresie.
Against whom writeth Fulgentius in this wise, speaking of the distinction, and diversity of the two natures in Christ.
Agaynst whome wryteth Fulgētius in this wise, speaking of the distinction, and diuersitie of the two natures in Christ.
1One and the self same Christ (saith he) of mankind was made a man, compassed in a place, who of his father is God, without measure or place. One and the self same person, as concerning his mans substance, was not in heaven, when he was in earth, and for soak the earth when he ascended into heaven: but as concerning his godly substance, (which is above all measure) he neither ⟨p. 99⟩left heaven when he came from heaven, nor he left not the earth, when he ascended into heaven: which may be known by the most certain word of Christ himself, who to show the placing of his humanity, said to his disciples: I ascend up to my father, and your father, to my God, and your God. Also when he had said of Lazarus that he was dead, he added, saying: I am glad for your sakes, that you may believe, for I was not there. But to show the unmeasurable compass of his divinity, he said to his disciples: behold I am with you always unto the worlds end. Now how did he go up into heaven, but because he is a very man, contained within a place? Or how is he present with faithful people but because he is very God, being without measure?