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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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The fourth. It is in these sacraments of bread and wine, as it is in the very body of Christ. For as the body of Christ before his resurrection, and after, is all one in nature, substance, bigness, form and fashion, and yet it is not called as an other common body, but with addition, for the dignity of his exaltation, it is called a heavenly, a godly, an immortal, and the Lords body: so likewise the bread and wine, before the consecration and after, is all one in nature, substance, bigness, form, and fashion, and yet it is not called as other common bread, but for the dignity, whereunto it is taken, it is called with addition, Heavenly bread, the bread of life, ⟨p. 71⟩and the bread of thanks giving.
The fourth. It is in these sacraments of bread and wyne, as it is in the very bodye of Christe. For as the body of Christe before his resurrection, and after, is al one in nature, substance, bignesse, forme and fashion, and yet it is not called as an other cōmon body, but with addition, for the dignitee of his exaltation, it is called a heauenly, a godly, an immortal, and the Lords body: so lykewyse the breade and wyne, before the consecration and after, is all one in nature, substance, bygnesse, forme, and fashion, and yet it is not called as other common bread, but for the dignitee, whervnto it is taken, it is called with addition, Heauenly breade, the breade of lyfe, ⟨p. 71⟩and the bread of thankes gyuyng.
The fifth, that no man ought to be so arrogant §5and presumptuous to affirm for a certain truth in religion any thing, which is not spoken of in holy scripture. And this is spoken to the great and utter condemnation of the Papists, which make and unmake new articles of our faith from time to time, at their pleasure, without any scripture at all, yea quite and clean contrary to scripture. And yet will they have all men bound to believe what so ever they invent, upon peril of damnation and everlasting fire.