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A Defence of the True and Catholic Doctrine of the Sacrament
A defence of the true and catholic doctrine of the sacrament of the body and blood of our saviour Christ with a confutation of sundry errors concerning the same, grounded and stablished upon God's holy word, [and] approved by the consent of the most ancient doctors of the Church. Made by the most reverend father in God Thomas Archbishop of Canterbury, primate of all England and Metropolitan.A defence of the true and catholike doctrine of the sacrament of the body and bloud of our sauiour Christ with a confutacion of sundry errors concernyng the same, grounded and stablished vpon Goddes holy woorde, [and] approued by ye consent of the moste auncient doctors of the Churche. Made by the moste reuerende father in God Thomas Archebyshop of Canterbury, primate of all Englande and Metropolitane.
Imprinted at London : In Poules churcheyarde, at the sign of the Brazen serpent, by Reginald Wolfe. Cum privilegio ad imprimendum solum, Anno Domini. M.D.L. 1550Imprinted at London : In Poules churcheyarde, at the signe of the Brasen serpent, by Reginald Wolfe. Cum priuilegio ad imprimendum solum, Anno Domini. M.D.L. 1550
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Other there were, as Artemon, Theodorus, Sabellius, Paulus Samasathenus, Marcellus, Photinus, Nestorius, and many other of the same sects, which said, that he was a very natural man, but not very God, although in giving the blind their sight, the dumb their speech, the deaf their hearing, in healing suddenly with his word all diseases, in raising to life them that were dead, and in all other works of God, he showed himself as he had been God.
Other there were, as Artemon, Theodorus, Sabellius, Paulus Samasathenus, Marcellus, Photinus, Nestorius, and many other of the same sectes, whyche sayd, that he was a very naturall man, but not very God, although in geuyng the blynd their syghte, the dumbe theyr speeche, the deafe their hearynge, in healyng sodeynly with his worde al diseases, in raysyng to life them that were dead, and in al other workes of God, he shewed himselfe as he had been God.
Yet other there were which seeing the scripture so plain in those two matters, confessed that he was both God & man, but not both at one time. ⟨image 33⟩For before his incarnation (said they) he was God only, and not man, and after his incarnation, he ceased from his Godhead, & became a man only, and not God, until his resurrection or ascension, and then (say they) he left his manhood, and was only God again, as he was before his incarnation. So that when he was man, he was not God, and wham he was God, he was not man
Yet other there were which seyng the scripture so playne in those two matters, confessed that he was both God & man, but not both at one tyme. ⟨image 33⟩For before his incarnation (sayde they) he was God onely, and not man, and after his incarnation, he ceased frō his Godhead, & became a man onely, and not God, vntyl his resurrection or ascension, and then (saye they) he left his manhod, and was only God agayn, as he was before his incarnation. So that whan he was mā, he was not God, and whā he was God, he was not man