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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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1Thus you have hard the cause, wherefore this opinion of transubstantiation at this present is holden and defended among christen people, that is to say, because the church of Rome hath so determined, although the contrary, by the Papists own confession, appear to be more easy, more true and more according to the Scripture.
1Thus you haue hard the cause, wherfore this opinion of transubstantiation at this present is holdē and defended among christen people, that is to saye, bicause the churche of Rome hathe so determined, although the contrary, by the Papistes owne confession, appeare to be more easy, more trewe and more accordinge to the Scripture.
- 1Chap. 7.
But because to our English Papists (who speak more grossly herein than the Pope himself, affirming that the natural body of Christ is naturally in the bread and wine) can not, nor dare not ground the• faith, concerning transubstantiation, upon the church of Rome• which although in name, it may be called, most holy, yet indeed it is the most stinking do•gehill of all ⟨p. 31⟩wickedness that is under heaven, and the very synagogue of the devil, which whosoever followeth, can not but stumble, and fall into a pit full of errors. Because (I say) the English Papists dare not now stablish their faith upon that foundation of Rome, therefore they seek Fig leaves, that is to say, vain reasons, gathered of their own brains and authorities, wrested from the intent and mind of the authors wherewith to cover and hide their shameful errors. Wherefore I thought it good, somewhat to travail herein, to take away those Fig leaves, that their shameful errors may plainly to every man appear.