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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 Honorius the third, not only confirmed the same, but commanded also, that the priests should diligently teach the people from time to time, that when they lifted up the bread called the host, the people should then reverently bow down, and that likewise they should do when the priest carrieth the host unto sick ⟨p. 104⟩folks. These be the statutes and ordinances of Rome, under pretence of holiness, to lead the people unto all error and Idolatry: not bringing them by bread unto Christ, but from Christ unto bread.
1And Honorius the thirde, not only confirmed the same, but commanded also, that the priestes shulde diligently teache the people from tyme to tyme, that whan they lyfted vp the breadde called the hoste, the people should then reuerently bowe downe, and that lykewyse they shoulde do whan the prieste carrieth the hoste vnto sycke ⟨p. 104⟩folkes. These be the statutes and ordynances of Rome, vnder pretence of holynesse, to leade the people vnto all errour and Idolatrie: not bryngynge theym by breadde vnto Christe, but from Christe vnto bread.
- 1Honorius tertius.
But all that love and believe Christ him self,1 let them not think, that Christ is corporally in the bread,2 but let them lift up their hearts unto heaven, and worship him, sitting there at the right hand of his Father. Let them worship him in them selves, whose temples they be, in whom he dwelleth and liveth spiritually: but in no wise, let them worship him, as being corporally in the bread. For he is not in it, neither spiritually (as he is in man) nor corporally, (as he is in heaven) but only sacramentally, as a thing may be said to be in the figure, whereby it is signified.