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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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1These words of Ireneus be most plain, that Christ taking very material bread, a creature of God, and of such sort as other bread is which we do use, called that his body, when he said: this is my body, and the wine also which doth feed and nourish us, he called his blood.
1These wordes of Ireneus be most plain, that Christ taking very materiall bread, a creature of God, and of such sort as other bread is which we doe vse, called that his body, when he said: this is my body, and the wine also which doth feede and nourish vs, he called his bloud.
- 1Turtulli. aduersus Judaeos.Turtulli. aduersus Iudaeos.
Tertullian likewise in his book written against the Jews, saith that Christ ⟨p. 105⟩called bread his body. And in his book against Martian he oftentimes repeateth the self same words. And S. Cyprian in the first book of his epistles,1 saith the same thing, that Christ called such bread as is made of many corns joined together, his body: and such wine he called his blood, as is pressed out of many grapes, and made into mine. And in his second book he saith these words: Water is not the blood of Christ, but wine. And again in the same epistle he saith: that it was wine which Christ called his blood, and that if wine be not in the chalice,, then we drink not of the fruit of the vine. And in the same Epistle he saith: that meal alone, or water clone, is not the body of Christ, except they be both joined together to make thereof bread.
Tertullian likewise in his booke written against the Iewes, saith that Christ ⟨p. 105⟩