A19571:616
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.
1Now it is requisite, to speak some thing of the manner and form of worshipping of Christ, by them that receive this sacrament,2 lest that in the stead of Christ him self, be worshipped the sacrament. For as his humanity, joined to his divinity, and exalted to the right hand of his father, is to be worshipped of all creatures, in ⟨p. 101⟩heaven, earth, and under the earth: […] if in the stead thereof, we worship the signs and sacraments, we committee as great Idolatry as ever was, or shall be to the worlds end.
1Nowe it is requisite, to speake some thyng of the maner and forme of worshippyng of Christ, by them that receiue this sacrament,2 lest that in the steade of Christ him selfe, be worshipped the sacrament. For as his humanitee, ioyned to his diuinitee, and exalted to the right hande of his father, is to be worshipped of all creatures, in ⟨p. 101⟩heauen, yearth, and vnder the yearth: 〈…〉 if in the steade thereof, we worshyp the signes and sacramentes, we committee as greate Idolatrye as euer was, or shall be to the worldes ende.
- 1Chap. 9.
- 2The adoration of the sacrament
And yet have the very Antichrists (the subtlest enemies that Christ hath (by their fine inventions and crafty scholastical divinity,1