Rev. Henry John Todd, M.A.: "Life of Archbishop Cranmer:" 2.3: 1548, 43ff.

CHAPTER III. 1548. The first Primer in the reign of Edward is put forward at the end of 1547. Todd indicates it includes basic prayers for “all sorts and conditions of men.” Then, we get a chapter-long discussion of “Cranmer's Catechism,” It is published at the end of 1548. It is translated from the Latin of Justus Jonas, the elder. Justus Jonas, the junior, is at Lambeth with Gualter, Dryander, and Eusebius Menius, exiles from Germany as Charles V choses to enforce the Interim.  This Interim is what drives other exiles to England also. There are mistakes in translation. The subject of Real Presence, Luther’s view, is retained in the translation. Gardiner maintains Cranmer holds to such while denying it later. Some Papists alleged that Cranmer is insufficiently educated to write his defense, imputing authorship to Ridley, but Ridley denying authorship and asserting Cranmer’s competence. " Here was much murmuring of the rest, as though they would have given me," says Ridley, " the glory of writing that book; which yet was said, of some there, to contain the most heinous heresy that ever was…Master secretary, that book was made of a great learned man, and one who is able to do the like again: as for me, I assure you, I was never able to do or write any such like thing; he passeth me no less than the learned master his young scholar” (48). Cranmer’s or Jonas’ Catechism consists of expositions of the Ten Commandments, the Creed, the Lord's Prayer, the authority of the keys, and the Lord's Supper. Cranmer defends himself against Wily Winchester with these words: “…but that which we do to the bread and wine, by a figurative speech is spoken to be done to the flesh and blood, because they are the very signs, figures, and tokens, instituted of Christ, to represent unto us his very flesh and blood. And yet as with our corporal eyes, corporal hands and mouths, we do corporally see, feel, taste, and eat the bread and drink the wine, (being the sign and sacraments of Christ's body,) even so with our spiritual eyes, hands, and mouths, we do spiritually see, feel, taste, and eat his very flesh, and drink his very blood” (56).