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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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And to this purpose it is both pleasant,1 comfortable and profitable to read Theodoretus, in his Dialogues, where he disputeth & showeth at length, how the names of things be changed in scripture, and yet things remain still. And for example, he proveth, that the flesh of Christ is in the scripture sometime called a vaylor covering, sometime a clothe, sometime a vestiment, and sometime a stole: & the blood of the grape, is called Christs blood, and the names ⟨image 72⟩of bread and wine, and of his flesh and blood Christ doth so change, that sometime he calleth his body, corn or bread, and sometime contrary he calleth bread, his body. And likewise his blood sometime he calleth wine, and sometime contrary he calleth wine his blood.
And to this purpose it ys both pleasaunt,1 comfortable and profytable to reade Theodoretus, in hys Dyaloges, wher he dysputeth & sheweth at length, how the names of thyngs be changed in scrypture, and yet thynges remayne styll. And for exaumple, he proueth, that the fleshe of Chryst ys in ye scrypture sometyme called a vaylor couerynge, some•yme a clothe, sometyme a vestiment, and sometime a stole: & the blud of the grape, is called Christes blood, and the names ⟨image 72⟩of breade and wine, and of his fleshe and bloode Christe doth so chaunge, that sometyme he calleth his body, corne or bread, and sometime contrarye he calleth breade, his body. And likewise his bludde sometime he calleth wyne, and sometyme contrary he calleth wyne his bludde.
- 1Theodoret, in dialogis.
For the more plain understanding whereof, it shall not be amiss to recite his own sayings in his foresaid dialogues, touching this matter of the holy sacrament of Christs flesh and blu. The speakers in these dialogues be Orthodoxus the right believer, and Eranistes his companion, but not understanding the right faith.