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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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1And Contra Adamantiū he writeth much like, saying: In such wise is blood the soul, as the stone was Christ, & yet the apostle saith nor, that the stone signified Christ, but saith it was Christ. And this sentence, Blood is the soul. may be understand to be spoken in a sign or figure, for Christ did not stick to say, This is my body. when he gave the sign of his body.
1And Cōtra Adamantiū he writeth much like, saying: In such wise is blud ye soule, as the stone was Christ, & yet thapostle saith nor, that the stone signified Christ, but saith it was Christ. And this sentence, Bloud is the soule. may be vnderstand to be spokē in a signe or figure, for Christ did not stick to say, This is my body. when he gaue the signe of his body.
- 1Contra Adamantiū cap. 12. Levi. 17Cōtra Adamantiū cap. 12. Leui. 17
Here S. Augustine rehearsing divers sentences, which were spoken figuratively, that is to say, when one thing was called by the name of an other, and yet was not the other in substance ⟨p. 66⟩but in signification, as that blood is the soul: vii. kine be vii. years: vii. ears be vii. years: the stone was Christ. Among such manner of speeches, he rehearseth those words which Christ spake at his last supper,1 This is my body, which declareth plainly S. Augustine's mind, that Christ spake those words figuratively, not meaning that the bread was his body by substance, but by signification.
Here S. Augustine rehersing diuers sentences, which were spoken figuratiuely, that is to saye, whan one thinge was called by the name of an other, and yet was not the other in substance