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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
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
And the words of saint Paul, which saint Augustine citeth, do speak of the sacramental bread and cup, & not of the body and blood. And yet saint Augustine calleth the bread and the cup, the flesh and blood, not that they be so in deed, but that they so signify, As he saith ⟨image 105⟩in another place contra Maximinum.
And the wordes of sainct Paule, which sainct Augustyne citeth, do speake of the sacramental bread and cuppe, & not of the body and bloud. And yet sainct Augustyne calleth the bread and the cuppe, the fleshe and bloud, not that they be so in dede, but that they so signifie, As he sayth ⟨image 105⟩in another place contra Maximinum.
1In sacraments (saith he) is to be considered, not what they be, but what they show. For they be signs of other things, being one thing, and signifying another.
1In sacramētes (sayth he) is to be considered, not what they be, but what they shewe. For they be signes of other thynges, beyng one thyng, and signifiyng another.
- 1Contra Maximinū. lib. •. cap. 22Contra Maximinū. lib. •. cap. 22