A19571:194
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
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
For as in the former sentence, Chrysostom saith, that we may not think, that we see bread & wine: so in the second sentence he saith, that we may not think, that we receive the body of Christ of the priests hands. Wherefore if upon the second sentence (as the Papists them selves will say) it can not be truly gathered, that in the holy Communion there is not the body of ⟨image 42⟩Christ ministered by the priest: then must they confess also, that it can not be well and truly gathered upon the first sentence, that there is no bread nor wine.
For as in the former sentence, Chrysostome sayth, that we may not thinke, that we see bread & wyne: so in the second sentēce he sayth, that we may not thynke, that wee receyue the body of Christ of the priestes handes. Wherfore if vpon the second sentence (as the Papistes them selues wyll say) it can not be truely gathered, that in the holy Communion there is not the body of ⟨image 42⟩Christ ministered by the priest: then must they confesse also, that it can not bee well and truely gathered vpon the fyrst sentence, that there is no bread nor wyne.
But there be all these things together in the holy Communion, Christ himself spiritually eaten and drunken, and nourishing the right believers, the bread & wine as a sacrament declaring the same, and the priest as a minister thereof. Wherefore S. John Chrysostom meant not absolutely, to deny that there is bread & wine, or to deny utterly the priest and the body of Christ to be there, but he useth a speech, which is no pure Negative,1 but a Negative by comparison.
But there be al these thynges together in the holy Communion, Christe himselfe spiritually eaten and drunken, and norishyng the right beleuers, the bread & wyne as a sacrament declaryng the same, and the priest as a minister therof. Wherfore S. Ihon Chrysostome ment not absolutely, to denye that there is bread & wyne, or to denye vtterly the priest and the body of Christ to be there, but he vseth a speache, whiche is no pure Negatiue,