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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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Thus agreeth S. Hierome with the other before rehearsed, that heretics and such as follow worldly pleasures, eat not Christs flesh nor drink his blood, because that Christ said, He that eateth my flesh & drinketh mi blood, hath everlasting life.
Thus agreeth S. Hierome with the other before rehersed, that heretiques and such as folow wordly pleasures, eat not Christs flesh nor drink his blud, bicause that Christ said, He that eateth my flesh & drinketh mi blud, hath euerlastīg life.
1And S. Ambrose saith, that Jesus is the bread which is the meat of Saints, and that he that taketh this bread, dieth not a sinners death. For this bread is the remission of sins. And in an other book to him entitled he writeth thus. ⟨p. 94⟩This bread of life which came from heaven doth minister everlasting life,2 and whosoever eateth this bread shall not dye for ever, and is the body of Christ. And yet in an other book set forth in his name,