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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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Christ spake of bread (say you) This is my body: appointing by this word (this) the bread: whereof followeth (as I said before) If bread be his body, that his body is bread: And if his body be bread, it is a creature without sense and reason, having neither life nor soul: which is horrible of any christian man to be heard or spoken. Hear now what followeth further in my book.
Christ spake of bread (say you) This is my body: appoynting by this word (this) the bread: whereof followeth (as I sayd before) If bread be his body, that his body is bread: And if his body be bread, it is a creature without sence and reason, hauing neither life nor soule: which is horrible of any christian man to be heard or spoken. Heare now what followeth further in my booke.
Now forasmuch as it is plainly declared & manifestly proved, that Christ called bread his body, and wine his blood, and that these sentences be figurative speeches, and that Christ, as concerning his humanity & bodily presence, is ascended into heaven with his whole flesh and blood,1 and is not here upon earth, and that the substance of bread and wine do remain still, and be received in the sacrament, and that although they remain, yet they have changed their names, so that the bread is called Christs body, and the wine his blood, and that the cause why their names be changed is this, that we should list up our harts & minds from the things which we see unto the things which we believe & be above in heaven: whereof the bread & wine have the names, although they be not the very same things in deed: these things well considered and weighed, all the authorities and arguments, which the Papists fain to serve for their purpose, be clean wiped away.
Now forasmuch as it is playnly declared & manifestly proued, that Christ called bread his body, and wine his bloud, and that these sentences be figuratiue speches, and that Christ, as concerning his humanity & bodily presence, is ascended into heauen with his whole flesh and bloud,