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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.
This author saith he passeth over Ignatius and Ireneus, and why? Because they make nothing (he saith) for the Papists purpose.1 With the word papist the author §1playeth at his pleasure. But it shall be evident that Irene doth plainly confound this authors purpose, in the denial of the true presence of Christs very flesh in the sacrament: who although he use not the words real and substantial, yet he doth effectually comprehend §2in his speech of the sacrament the virtue and strength of those words. And for the truth of the sacrament is Ireneus specially alleged, in so much as Melanchthon when he writeth to Decolampadius,2 that he will allege none but such as speak plainly, he allegeth Ireneus for one, as appeareth by his said Epistle to Decolampadius. And §3Decolampadius himself is not troubled so much with answering any other to shape any manner of evasion, as to answer Ireneus, in whom he notably stumbleth. And Peter Martyr in his work granteth Irene to be specially alleged, to whom (when ⟨p. 152⟩he goeth about to answer) a man may evidently see how he masketh him self. And this author bringeth in Clements epistle, of which no great count is made, although it be not contemned: and passeth over Ireneus that speaketh evidently in the matter, and was as old as Clement or not much younger. And because Ignatius was of that age, and is alleged by Theodorete to have written in his epistle ad Smirnenses, whereof