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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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Winchester.
These differences end in the xlviii. leaf in the second column. I intend now to touch the further matter of the book with the manner of handling of it, and where an evident untruth is, there to join an issue, and where sleight and craft is, there to note it in the whole.
These differences end in the xlviii. leafe in the second columne. I entend now to touch the further matter of the booke with the manner of handlyng of it, and where an euident vntruth is, there to ioyne an issue, and where sleight and craft is, there to note it in the whole.
The matter of the book, from thence unto the lvi. leaf, touching the being of Christ in heaven and not in earth, is out of purpose superfluous. The article of our Creed that Christ ascended to heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of his father, hath been and is most constantly believed of true Christian men, which the true faith of Christs real presence in the Sacrament doth not touch or impair. Nor Christ being whole God & man in the Sacrament, is thereby either out of heaven, or to be said conversant in earth, because the conversation is not earthly, but spiritual and godly,1 being the ascension of Christ, the end of his conversation in earth, and therefore all that reasoning of the author, is clearly void, to travail to prove that is not denied, only for a sleight to make it seem as though it were denied.