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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 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.
- 1De verbis Apoctoli. sermo. 20.
By all these sentences of S. Augustine it is evident & manifest, that all men, good and evil, may with their mouths visibly & sensibly eat the sacrament of Christs body & blood, but the very body and blood them selves be not eaten but spiritually, & that of the spiritual members of Christ, which dwell in Christ, & have Christ dwelling in them, by whom they be refreshed & have everlasting life.
By all these sentences of S. Augustyne it is euident & manifest, that all men, good and euil, may with their mouthes visibly & sensibly eate the sacrament of Christes body & bloud, but the very body and bloud them selues bee not eaten but spiritually, & that of the spirituall membres of Christ, whiche dwell in Christ, & haue Christ dwellyng in them, by whom they be refreshed & haue euerlastyng life.