...her. When questioned respecting the real presence, the net for catching protestants, she replied : " Christ was the word that spake it, He took the bread and brake it, And what the word did make it, That I believe and take iU' That which was thus promised, was, in a great measure,...

...lips hung life or death, So shrewdly were her answers worded, No ground for censure they afforded. " CHRIST was the Word that spake it, " He took the Bread, and brake it, " And what His Word doth make it, " That I believe and take it." And thus her keen wit undermin'd The schemes...

...of Christ that was in the sacrament, it is said that, after some pausing, she thus answered : — " Christ was the word that spake it ; He took the bread and brake it ; And what the word did make it, That I believe, and take it." Which, though it may seem but a slight expression,...

...blessed Sacrament, she very cautiously resolved the point in these following verses: — "Twas God the Word that spake it, He took the bread and brake it, And what the Word did make it, That I believe and take it2." 24. But all this caution notwithstanding, her averseness...

...opinion of Christ's presence in the Sacrament, she truly and warily answered him thus : — " Twas God the word that spake it. He took the bread and brake it, And what the word did make it, That I believe and take it." <.'lark's Eccles. History,3rd edit. 167S. SL Bisiiov...

...have hurt much when they slit its throat." There is a simple statement of faith at the beginning: He was the Word that spake it; He took the bread and brake it; And what the Word did make it, I do believe and take it. He must get through a message to the people such as...

...frankincense and myrrh, to thee and thy Babe we bend the knee. Elbert Hubbard (1856-1915) American author He was the Word, that spake it; He took the bread and brake it; And what that Word did make it, I do believe and take it. John Donne (c. 1571-1631) English divine, metaphysical poet The whole religious...

...lyrics appear to represent prophetic affirmations of life. The first of them, for example, declares: He was the Word that spake it; He took the bread and brake it And what the Word did make it, I do believe and take it. After a time Albion Moonlight stops inserting lyric...

...for political reasons, and imitate her response in verse and its deliberate ambiguity to the debate: Christ was the Word that spake it; He took the bread...that Word did make it, That I believe, and take it. So let us not worry about the method and nature of Christ's presence in the consecrated bread and wine...

...reply of Queen Elizabeth I when asked for her view of Christ's presence is to be appreciated: Twas God the Word that spake it, He took the bread and brake it; And what the Word did make it, That I believe and take it. In twentieth-century eucharistic theology, the role...