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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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After when you come to make answer unto the authors cited by me in this place, first you skip over Irene the eldest author of them all,1 because (I think) he is to hard meat for you well to digest, and therefore you will not once taste of him.
After when you come to make aunswere vnto the authors cited by me in this place, fyrst you skip ouer Irene the eldest author of them all,1 because (I think) he is to hard meate for you well to digest, and therefore you will not once taste of hym.
- 1Irenaeus.
In Tertullian and Cyprian you agree again,1 that when Christ said This is my body, It was bread that he called his body. And so when he said (this) he meant the bread,2 making demonstration upon it: as before you have said more at large in your book, which you named the Detection of the devils sophistry. And herein you say more truly then the other Papists do, (which deny that the demonstration was made upon the bread) although you say not true in the other part, that Christs calling was making.
In Tertullian and Cyprian you agree again,1 that when Christ sayd This is my body, It was bread that he called hys body. And so when he sayd (this) he ment the bread,2