Of the institution of the sacrament of the blessed bodie and blood of Christ, (by some called) the masse of Christ eight bookes; discovering the superstitious, sacrilegious, and idolatrous abominations of the Romish masse. Together with the consequent obstinacies, overtures of perjuries, and the heresies discernable in the defenders thereof. By the R. Father in God Thomas L. Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield.
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Of the institution of the sacrament of the blessed bodie and blood of Christ, (by some called) the masse of Christ eight bookes; discovering the superstitious, sacrilegious, and idolatrous abominations of the Romish masse. Together with the consequent obstinacies, overtures of perjuries, and the heresies discernable in the defenders thereof. By the R. Father in God Thomas L. Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield.
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Morton, Thomas, 1564-1659.
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London :: Printed by W. Stansby, for Robert Mylbourne in Pauls Church-yard at the signe of the Grey-hound,
MDCXXXI. [1631]
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Catholic Church -- Controversial literature -- Early works to 1800.
Mass -- Early works to 1800.
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"Of the institution of the sacrament of the blessed bodie and blood of Christ, (by some called) the masse of Christ eight bookes; discovering the superstitious, sacrilegious, and idolatrous abominations of the Romish masse. Together with the consequent obstinacies, overtures of perjuries, and the heresies discernable in the defenders thereof. By the R. Father in God Thomas L. Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A07812.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 6, 2024.
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That the Body of Christ, by this Sacrament, was ordai∣ned only for food to the Christian man's Soule.
SECT. III.
VVHat need wee seeke into the Testimonies of ancient Fa∣thers, which are many, in this point of Dispute, having before us the Iudgement of your b 1.1 Fathers of the Councell of Trent, and of your c 1.2Romane Catechisme, authorized by the same Councell? both which affirme that Christ ordained this Sacrament to be the spirituall food of man's soule. In which respect the Body of Christ is called Spirituall in your Popes d 1.3Decree.
Notes
b 1.1
Summus Salva∣tor hoc Sacramentū volu••t esse tanquàm sp•…•…ualem anima••ū cibum, quo alantur & conforten••ur viven∣tes vita ill••us, quo di∣xit, [Qui manducat me, &c. Concil. Trid. Sess. 13 c. 2.