“Horrible blasphemy!” cried another.
“What is it, then, that there is before consecration?” asked Dr Chedsey.
“Bread.”
“Well said. And what is there after consecration?”
“Bread, still.”
“Nothing more?”
“Nothing more,” said Elizabeth firmly. “The receiving of Christ lies not in the bread, but is heavenly and spiritual only.”
“What say you to confession?”
“I will use none, seeing no priest hath power to remit sin.”
“Will you go to mass?”