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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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1Fourthly it is to be noted, that the true knowledge of these things, is the true knowledge of Christ,2 and to teach these things, is to teach Christ, and the believing and feeling of these things, is the believing and feeling of Christ in our hearts. And the more clearly we see, understand and believe these things, the more clearly we see and understand Christ, and have more fully our faith and comfort in him.
1Fourthly it is to be noted, that the true knowlege of these thynges, is the true knowlege of Christ,2 and to teache these thynges, is to teache Christe, and the beleuyng and feelyng of these thynges, is the beleuyng and felyng of Christe in our hartes. And the more clerely we see, vnderstande and beleeue these thynges, the more clerely we se and vnderstande Christ, and haue more fully our faithe and comfort in hym.
- 1Cha. 12.
- 2The sacraments were ordained to confirm our faithThe sacramēts wer ordeyned to cōfirme our faithe
And although our carnal generation & our carnal nourishment, be known to all men by daily experience, and by our common senses, yet this our spiritual generation and our spiritual nutrition, be so obscure and hid unto us, that we can not attain to the true and perfect knowledge and feeling of them, but only by ⟨p. 10⟩faith, which must be grounded upon Gods most holy word and sacraments.