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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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1THE GROSS error of the Papists, is of the carnal eating and drinking of Christs flesh & blood,2 with our mouths.
1THE GROSSE errour of the Papistes, is of the carnal eatyng and drynkyng of Christes fleshe & bloud,2 with our mouthes.
- 1Chap. 1.
- 2Whether ill men to eat and drink Christ.Whether yll men to eate and drinke Christ.
For they say, that whosoever eat and drink the sacraments of bread and wine, do eat and drink also with their mouths Christs very flesh and blood, be they never so ungodly and wicked persons. But Christ him self taught clean contrary in the .vi. of John, that we eat not him carnally with our mouths, but spiritually with our faith,1 saying: Verily verily I say unto you: he that believeth in me, hath everlasting life. I am the bread of life. Your fathers did eat Manna in the wilderness, and died. This is the bread that cam from heaven, that who so ever shall eat thereof, shall not dye. I am the lively bread that cam from heaven, If any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever. And the bread which I will give, is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.