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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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1And in his book De doctrina Christiana, saint Augustine saith (as before is at length declared) that to eat Christs flesh and to drink his blood ⟨p. 96⟩is a figurative speech, signifying the participation of his passion, & the delectable remembrance to our benefit and profit, that his flesh was crucified and wounded for us.
1And in his boke De doctrina Christiana, sainct Augustyne sayth (as before is at length declared) that to eate Christes flesh and to drynk his blud ⟨p. 96⟩is a figuratiue speache, signifiyng the participation of his passion, & the delectable remembrance to our benefite and profite, that his fleshe was crucified and wounded for vs.
- 1De doctrina Christiana. li. 3. cap. 14.
And in another sermō also De verbis Apostoli he expoundeth what is the eating of Christs body & the drinking of his blood,1 saying: The eating is to be refreshed, and the drinking what is it but to live? Eat life, drink life: And that shall be, when that which is taken visibly in the sacrament, is in very deed eaten spiritually and drunken spiritually.
And in another sermō also De verbis Apostoli he expoundeth what is the eatyng of Christes body & the drinkyng of his bloud,1 saiyng: The eatyng is to be refreshed, and the drinkyng what is it but to liue? Eate life, drinke life: And that shall be, when that whiche is taken visibly in the sacrament, is in very deede eaten spiritually and drunken spiritually.