“Is not the blood of Christ applied to sinners in the holy Eucharist?”
“I utterly refuse such a doctrine.”
“What say you of marriage? is that a sacrament?”
“I do not believe it.”
“Ha! the man is all right, is he?” whispered old Winchester satirically to his young neighbour, Worcester.
“Doth not Saint Paul term marriage ‘sacramentum magnum’?”
“He did not write in Latin.”
This was awkward. The heretic knew rather too much.
“Are you aware that all the holy doctors are against you?”
“I am not responsible for their opinions.”