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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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In these words Origene hath plainly declared his mind, that Christs body is not both present here with us, & also gone hence & estranged from us. For that were to make two natures of one body, & to divide the body of Jesus, for as much as one nature can not at one time be both with us, and absent from us. And therefore saith Origen, that the presence must be understand of his divinity, and the absence of his humanity.
In these wordes Origene hath plainly declared his mind, that Christes body is not both present here with vs, & also gone hence & estranged from vs. For that were to make two natures of one body, & to diuide the bodye of Iesus, for as much as one nature can not at one tyme be both with vs, and absent from vs. And therfore saith Origen, that the presence must be vnderstand of his diuinitie, and the absence of hys humanitee.
1And according hereunto S. Augustin writeth thus in a pistle ad Dardan. Doubt not but Jesus Christ as concerning the nature of his manhood, is now there, from whence he shall come. And remember well and believe the profession of a christian man that he rose from death, ascended into heaven, sitteth at the right hand of his father, and from that place, and none other, shall he come to judg ⟨p. 50⟩the quick and the dead. And he shall come (as the angels said) as he was seen go into heaven, that is to say, in the same form & substance, unto the which he gave immortality, but changed not nature. After this form (saith he, meaning his mans nature,) we may not think that he is every where. For we must beware, that we do not so stablish his divinity, that we take away the verity of his body.
1And according herevnto S. Augustin writeth thus in a pistle ad Dardan. Doubt not but Iesus Christe as concernynge the nature of his manhode, is now there, from whence he shal come. And remēbre well and beleue the profession of a christian man that he rose from death, ascēded into heauen, sitteth at the righte hande of his father, and from that place, and none other, shall he come to iudg