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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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Era. Therefore as the tokens of God's body and blood, be other things before the priests invocation, but after the invocation they be changed, and be other things: so also the body of Christ after his assumption is changed into his divine substance.
Era. Therfore as the tokens of Goddes bodye and bloude, be other thynges before the priestes inuocation, but after the inuocation they be chaunged, and be other thynges: so also the bodye of Christe after his assumption is chaunged into his diuine substaunce.
Orth. Thou art taken with thine own net. For the sacramental signs go not from their own nature after the sanctification, but continue in their former substance, form, and figure, and may be seen and touched as well as before, yet in our minds we do consider, what they be made, and do repute and esteem them, and have them in reverence, according to the same things that they be taken for. Therefore compare the images to the pattern, and thou shalt see them like. For a figure must be like to the thing it self. For Christs body hath his former fashion, figure, and bigness, and to speak at one word, the same substance of his body. But after his resurrection, it was made immortal, and of such power, that no corruption nor death could come unto it, and it was exalted to that dignity, that it was set at the right hand of the father, and honoured of all creatures, as the body of him that is the Lord of nature.
Orth. Thou art taken with thyne owne nette. For the sacramentall signes goe not from their owne nature after the sanctification, but continue in theyr former substance, forme, and figure, and may be sene and touched as well as before, yet in our myndes we do consyder, what they bee made, and do repute and esteme them, and haue them in reuerence, acordyng to the same thynges that they be taken for. Therfore compare the ymages to the paterne, and thou shalt se them like. For a figure must be lyke to ye thyng it selfe. For Christes bodye hath his former fashion, figure, and bygnesse, and to speake at one worde, the same substance of his body. But after his resurrection, it was made immortall, and of suche power, that no corruption nor deth coulde come vnto it, and it was exalted to that dignitee, that it was set at the ryght hande of the father, and honoured of all creatures, as the body of hym that is the Lorde of nature.