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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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Yet the same is more plainly showed (if more plainly can be spoken) by Uigilius a bishop and an holy martyr.1 He writeth thus against the heretic Eutyches, which denied the humanity of CHRIST, holding opinion, that he was only God, and not man. Whose error Uigilius confuting, proveth that CHRIST had in him two natures joined together in one person, the nature of his Godhead, and the nature of his manhood. Thus he writeth.
Yet the same is more plainly shewed (yf more playnely can bee spoken) by Uigilius a byshop and an holy martyr.1 He writeth thus agaynste the heretike Eutyches, whyche denyed the humanite of CHRISTE, holdynge opinion, that he was onely God, and not manne. Whose erroure Uigilius confutynge, proueth that CHRISTE hadde in hym two natures ioyned togyther in one persone, the nature of his Godhead, and the nature of his manhode. Thus he writeth.
- 1Vigilius Contra Eutychen libro. 1.
1Christ said to his disciples: If you loved me, you would be glad, for I go unto my father. And again he said:2 It is expedient for you that I go, for if I go not, the comforter shall not come to you. And yet surely the eternal word of God, the virtue of God, the wisdom of God, was ever with his father, and in his father, yea even at the same time, when he was with us, and in us: For when he did mercifully dwell in this world, he left not his habitation in heaven, for ⟨p. 54⟩he is every where whole with his father, equal in divinity, whom no place can contain, for the Son filleth all things, and there is no place that lacketh the presence of his divinity. From whence than and whither did he say, that he would go? Or how did he say, that he went to his father, from whom doubtless he never departed? But that to go to his father, and from us, was to take from this world that nature, which he received of us. Thou seest therefore that it was the property of that nature to be taken away and go from us, which in the end of the world shall be rendered again to us, as the angels witnessed,