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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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Furthermore Damascene sayeth not that the sacrament should be worshipped and adored, as the Papists term it (which is plain idolatry) but we must worship Christ God and man. And yet we may not worship him in bread and wine, but sitting in heaven with his father, and being spiritually within our selves.
Furthermore Damascene sayeth not that the sacrament should be worshipped and adored, as the Papistes terme it (whiche is playne ydolatrye) but we must worship Christ God and man. And yet we may not worship him in bread and wyne, but sittyng in heauen with his father, and beyng spiritually within our selues.
Nor he sayeth not, that there remaineth no bread nor wine, nor none other substance, but only the substance of the body and blood of Christ: but he sayeth plainly, that as a burning coal is not wood only, but fire & wood joined together. so the bread of the Communion is not bread only, but bread joined to the divinity. But those that say, that there is none other substance but the substance of the body and blood of Christ, do not only deny that there is bread and wine, but by force they must deny also, that there is either Christs divinity or his soul. For if the flesh and blood, the soul and divinity of Christ be four substances, and in the sacrament be but two of them, that is to say, his flesh and blood, than where be his soul and divinity? And thus these men divide Jesus, separating his divinity from his humanity. Of whom saint John sayeth, 1Whosoever divideth Jesus, is not of God, but he is Antichrist.
Nor he sayeth not, that there remayneth no bread nor wyne, nor none other substaunce, but onely the substaunce of the body and bloud of Christe: but he sayeth playnely, that as a burnyng coale is not wodde onely, but fyre & wodde ioyned together. so the bread of the Cōmunion is not bread onely, but bread ioyned to the diuinitee. But those that say, that there is none other substance but the substāce of the body and bloud of Christe, doo not onely denye that there is bread and wyne, but by force they must denye also, that there is either Christes diuinitee or his soule. For if the fleshe and bloud, the soule and diuinitee of Christe bee foure substances, and in the sacrament be but two of them, that is to say, his fleshe and bloud, than where be his soule and diuinitee? And thus these men diuide Iesus, separatyng his diuinitee from his humanitee. Of whom sainct Ihon sayeth,