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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 moreover these men do so separate Christs body from his members in the sacrament, ⟨p. 90⟩that they leave him no mans body at all. For as Damascene saith,1 that the distinction of members pertain so much to the nature of a mans body, that where there is no such distinction, there is no perfect mans body.
And moreouer these men do so separate Christes body from his membres in the sacrament, ⟨p. 90⟩that they leaue hym no mans body at all. For as Damascene saith,1 that the distinction of membres pertayne so muche to the nature of a mannes body, that where there is no suche distinction, there is no perfecte mans body.
- 1In librode duabus in Christo v••l•ntatibus▪
But by these Papists doctrine, there is no such distinction of members in the sacrament, for either there is no head, feet, hands, arms, legs, mouth, eyes, and nose at all: or else all is head, all feet, all hands, all arms, all legs, all mouth, all eyes, and all nose. And so they make of Christs body, no mans body at all.
But by these Papistes doctrine, there is no suche distinction of membres in the sacramente, for eyther there is no head, fete, handes, armes, legges, mouthe, eyes, and nose at all: or elles all is heade, all feete, all handes, all armes, all legges, all mouthe, all eyes, and all nose. And so they make of Christes body, no mannes bodye at all.