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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
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 they teach,1 that Christ is in the bread and wine: But we say (according to the truth) that he is in them, that worthily eat and drink the bread and wine.
For they teache,1 that Christe is in the breade and wine: But we say (according to the truth) that he is in them, that worthely eate and drink the breade and wine.
- 1The difference between the true & the papistical doctrine concer•ing the presence of Christs b•by.The difference betwene the true & the papisticall doctrine cōcer•ing the presēce of Christs b•by.
They say, that when any man eateth the bread and drinketh the cup, CHRIST goeth into his mouth or stomach with the bread and wine, and no further: But we say, that CHRIST is in the whole man both in the body ⟨image 52⟩and soul of him, that worthily eateth the bread and drinketh the cup, and not in his mouth or stomach only.
They saye, that when anye manne eateth the breadde and drynketh the cuppe, CHRIST goeth into his mouth or stomake with the breade and wyne, and no further: But wee saye, that CHRIST is in the whole man bothe in the body ⟨image 52⟩and soule of him, that worthely eateth the bread and drinketh the cuppe, and not in hys mouthe or stomacke onely.