Heinrich VIII, Assertio Septem Sacramentorum, Antwort auf Martin Luthers Kritik in "De captivitate Babylonica", 1521
"We have in this little book, gentle reader, clearly demonstrated, I hope, how absurdly and impiously Luther has handled the holy sacraments. For though we have not touched all things contained in his book, yet so far as was necessary to defend the sacraments (which was our only design), I suppose I have treated, though not so sufficiently as might have been done, yet more than is even necessary. . . .
