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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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1And although S. Augustine may say, that Christ reigneth not carnally in heaven, yet he saith plainly, that his body is of such sort, that it is circumscribed and contained in one place.
1And although S. Augustine may say, that Christ reigneth not carnally in heauen, yet he sayth playnly, that his body is of such sort, that it is circumscribed and conteined in one place.
- 1Augustinus.
1And Gregory Nazianzene meant, that Christ should not come at the last judgement in a corruptible and mortal flesh, as he had before his resurrection, and as we have in this mortal life, (for such grossness is not to be attributed to bodies glorified) but yet shall he come with with such a body,§1 as he hath since his resurrection, absolute and perfect in all parts and members of a mans body, having hands, feet, head, mouth, side and wounds, and all other parts of a man visible and sensible, like as we shall all appear before him at the same last day, with this same flesh in substance that we now have, and with these same eyes shall we see God our Saviour. Marry to what fines and pureness our bodies shall be then changed, no man knoweth in the peregrination of this world, saving that S. Paul saith,2 that he shall change this vile body, that he may make it like unto his glorious body. But that we shall have diversity of all members, and a due proportion of mens natural bodies, the scripture manifestly declareth, what soever you can by a sinister gloss gather of Nazianzene to the contrary, that glorified bodies have no flesh nor grossness.