471 Fathers of the Church - Iraneus (c. 140 - 202 A.D.)

"The Sacrament of the Eucharist, which the Lord commanded to be taken at meal times and by all, we take even before daybreak in congregations... We offer sacrifices of the dead on their birthday anniversaries.... We take anxious care lest something of our Cup or Bread should fall upon the ground..." (The Crown 3:3-4)

472 Fathers of the Church - Origen (c. 185 - 254 A.D.)

"We give thanks to the Creator of all, and, along with thanksgiving and prayer for the blessings we have received, we also eat the bread presented to us; and this bread becomes by Prayer a Sacred Body, which sanctifies those who sincerely partake of it." (Against Celsus 8:33)

473 Fathers of the Church - Origen (c. 185 - 254 A.D.)

"You see how the altars are no longer sprinkled with the blood of oxen, but consecrated by the Precious Blood of Christ." (Homilies on Josue 2:1)

474 Fathers of the Church - Origen (c. 185 - 254 A.D.)

"But if that text (Lev 24:5-9) is taken to refer to the greatness of what is mystically symbolized, then there is a 'commemoration' which has an effect of great propitiatory value. If you apply it to that 'Bread which came down from heaven and gives life to the world,' that shewbread which 'God has offered to us as a means of reconciliation, in virtue of faith, ransoming us with his blood,' and if you look to that commemoration of which the Lord says, 'Do this in commemoration of me,' then you will find that this is the unique commemoration which makes God propitious to men." (Homilies on Leviticus 9)

475 Fathers of the Church - Origen (c. 185 - 254 A.D.)

"You are accustomed to take part in the divine mysteries, so you know how, when you have received the Body of the Lord, you reverently exercise every care lest a particle of it fall, and lest anything of the consecrated gift perish....how is it that you think neglecting the word of God a lesser crime than neglecting His Body?" (Homilies on Exodus 13:3)

476 Fathers of the Church - Origen (c. 185 - 254 A.D.)

"..now, however, in full view, there is the true food, The Flesh of the Word of God, as He Himself says: "My Flesh is truly food, and my Blood is truly drink." (Homilies on Numbers 7:2)

Page

of 98

Records 427 to 432 of 585

Holy Eucharist teachings index * Holy Eucharist homepage

The Work of God
www.theworkofgod.org