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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.
First Ireneus, 1writing against the Ualentinians in his fourth book saith, that Christ confessed bread, which is a creature, to be his body, and the cup to be his blood. And in the same book he writeth thus also. 2The bread wherein the thanks ⟨image 63⟩be given, is the body of the Lord. And yet again in the same book he saith, 3that Christ taking bread, of the same sort that our bread is of, confessed that it was his body: And that that thing which was tempered in the chalice, was his blood.
Fyrst Ireneus, 1writyng agaynst the Ualentinians in his fourthe boke saithe, that Christe confessed bread, whiche is a creature, to be his body, and the cup to be his bloud. And in the same boke he writeth thus also. 2The bread wherein the thankes ⟨image 63⟩be geuen, is the body of the Lorde. And yet agayne in the same booke he saithe, 3that Christe takyng bread, of the same sorte that our bread is of, confessed that it was his body: And that that thing whiche was tempered in the chalice, was his bloudde.
- 1Irenaeus contra Valent. lib. 4. ca. 32
- 2Cap. 34.
- 3Cap. 57.