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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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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 ⟨p. 66⟩but in significacion, as that bludde is the soule: vii. kyne be vii. yeares: vii. eares be vii. yeares: the stone was Christe. Amonge suche maner of speeches, he reherseth those words which Christ spake at his laste supper,1 This is my bodye, whiche declareth plainly S. Augustines mynd, that Christ spake those woordes figuratyuelye, not meaning that the breade was hys bodye by substaunce, but by signifycacion.
And therefore S. Augustine saith Contra Maximinū, 1that in sacraments we must not consider what they be, but what they signify. For that be signs of things, being one thing and signifying an other. Which he doth show specially of this sacrament saying: