Eucharistic Quotes
St. Ignatius, "Letter to the Romans", ca. 110 AD
"I have no taste for corruptible food nor for the pleasures of this life. I desire the bread of God (1), which is the Flesh of Jesus Christ, who was the seed of David; and for drink I desire His Blood, which is love incorruptible! "
(1) John 6:33 -- "For the bread of God is that which comes down from heaven; my Father gives you the true bread from heaven."
St. Ignatius, "Letter to the Philadelphians", ca. 110 AD
"Take care, then, to use one Eucharist, so that whatever you do, you do according to God: for there is one Flesh of Our Lord Jesus Christ, and one cup in the union of His Blood; one altar, as there is one bishop with the presbytery and my fellow servants, the deacons."
St. Justin the Martyr, "First Apology", ca. 148 AD
"We call this food Eucharist; and no one else is permitted to partake of it, except one who believes our teaching to be true and who has been washed in the washing which is for the remission of sins and for regeneration, and is thereby living as Christ has enjoined. For not as common bread nor common drink do we receive these; but since Jesus Christ our Savior was made incarnate by the word of God and had both flesh and blood for our salvation, so too, as we have been taught, the food which has been made into the Eucharist by the Eucharistic Prayer set down by Him, and by the change of which our blood and flesh is nourished, is both the Flesh and the Blood of that incarnated Jesus."
St. Irenaeus, " Against Heresies ", ca. 180 AD
" But what consistency is there in those who hold that the bread over which thanks have been given is the Body of their Lord, and the cup His Blood, if they do not acknowledge that He is the Son of the Creator of the world, that is, His Word, through whom the wood bears fruit, and the fountains gush forth, and the earth gives first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain on the ear (2) ....For as the bread from the earth, receiving the invocation of God, is no longer common bread but the Eucharist, consisting of two elements, earthly and heavenly, so also are our bodies, when they receive the Eucharist, are no longer corruptible but have the hope of resurrection into eternity."
..........." He has declared the cup, a part of creation, to be His own Blood, from which He causes our blood to flow; and the bread, a part of creation, He has established as His own Body, from which He gives increase to our bodies."
(2) Mark 4:28
St. Cyril of Jerusalem, "Catechetical Lectures", ca. 350 AD
"Let us, then, with full confidence, partake of the Body and Blood of Christ. For in the figure of bread His Body is given to you, and in the figure of wine His Blood is given to you, so that by partaking of the Body and Blood of Christ, you might become united in body and blood with Him. For thus do we become Christ-bearers. His Body and Blood being distributed through our members. And thus it is that we become, according to the blessed Peter, sharers of the divine nature (3). ....Do not, therefore, regard the Bread and the Wine as simply that; for they are, according to the Master's declaration, the Body and Blood of Christ. Even the senses suggest to you the other, let faith make you firm..... Having learned these things, and being fully convinced that the apparent Bread is not bread, even though it is sensible to the taste, but the Body of Christ; and that the apparent Wine is not wine, even though the taste would have it so,.... "
(3) 2 Pet. 1:4
St. Gregory of Nyssa, "Sermon on the Resurrection of Christ", ca. 382 AD
"He offered Himself for us, Victim and Sacrifice, and Priest as well, and "Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world." (4) When did He do this? When He made His own Body food and His own Blood drink for His disciples; for this much is clear enough to anyone, that a sheep cannot be eaten by a man unless its being eaten be preceded by its being slaughtered. This giving of His own Body to His disciples for eating clearly indicates that the sacrifice of the Lamb has now been completed."
(4) John 1:29
St. John Chrysostom, " Homilies on the First Epistle to the Corinthians", ca. 392 AD
"The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not communion of the Blood of Christ? (5) Very trustworthily and awesomely does he say it. For what he is saying is this: "What is in the cup is that which flowed from His side, and we partake of it." ........"Because the bread is one, we, the many, are in one Body." (6) "Why do I say communion?" he says; "for we are that very Body." What is the Bread? The Body of Christ! What do they become who are partakers therein? The Body of Christ! Not many bodies, but one Body. "
(5) 1 Cor. 10:16
(6) 1 Cor. 10:17
St. Ambrose, "The Sacraments", ca. 390 AD
"You may perhaps say: "My bread is ordinary." But that bread is bread before the words of the Sacraments; where the consecration has entered in the bread becomes the flesh of Christ....... Before it be consecrated it is bread; but where the words of Christ come in, it is the Body of Christ. Finally, hear Him saying: "All of you take and eat of this; for this is My Body." (7)
(7) Luke 22:19
St. Ignatius, "Letter to the Romans", ca. 110 AD
"I have no taste for corruptible food nor for the pleasures of this life. I desire the bread of God (1), which is the Flesh of Jesus Christ, who was the seed of David; and for drink I desire His Blood, which is love incorruptible! "
(1) John 6:33 -- "For the bread of God is that which comes down from heaven; my Father gives you the true bread from heaven."
St. Ignatius, "Letter to the Philadelphians", ca. 110 AD
"Take care, then, to use one Eucharist, so that whatever you do, you do according to God: for there is one Flesh of Our Lord Jesus Christ, and one cup in the union of His Blood; one altar, as there is one bishop with the presbytery and my fellow servants, the deacons."
St. Justin the Martyr, "First Apology", ca. 148 AD
"We call this food Eucharist; and no one else is permitted to partake of it, except one who believes our teaching to be true and who has been washed in the washing which is for the remission of sins and for regeneration, and is thereby living as Christ has enjoined. For not as common bread nor common drink do we receive these; but since Jesus Christ our Savior was made incarnate by the word of God and had both flesh and blood for our salvation, so too, as we have been taught, the food which has been made into the Eucharist by the Eucharistic Prayer set down by Him, and by the change of which our blood and flesh is nourished, is both the Flesh and the Blood of that incarnated Jesus."
St. Irenaeus, " Against Heresies ", ca. 180 AD
" But what consistency is there in those who hold that the bread over which thanks have been given is the Body of their Lord, and the cup His Blood, if they do not acknowledge that He is the Son of the Creator of the world, that is, His Word, through whom the wood bears fruit, and the fountains gush forth, and the earth gives first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain on the ear (2) ....For as the bread from the earth, receiving the invocation of God, is no longer common bread but the Eucharist, consisting of two elements, earthly and heavenly, so also are our bodies, when they receive the Eucharist, are no longer corruptible but have the hope of resurrection into eternity."
..........." He has declared the cup, a part of creation, to be His own Blood, from which He causes our blood to flow; and the bread, a part of creation, He has established as His own Body, from which He gives increase to our bodies."
(2) Mark 4:28
St. Cyril of Jerusalem, "Catechetical Lectures", ca. 350 AD
"Let us, then, with full confidence, partake of the Body and Blood of Christ. For in the figure of bread His Body is given to you, and in the figure of wine His Blood is given to you, so that by partaking of the Body and Blood of Christ, you might become united in body and blood with Him. For thus do we become Christ-bearers. His Body and Blood being distributed through our members. And thus it is that we become, according to the blessed Peter, sharers of the divine nature (3). ....Do not, therefore, regard the Bread and the Wine as simply that; for they are, according to the Master's declaration, the Body and Blood of Christ. Even the senses suggest to you the other, let faith make you firm..... Having learned these things, and being fully convinced that the apparent Bread is not bread, even though it is sensible to the taste, but the Body of Christ; and that the apparent Wine is not wine, even though the taste would have it so,.... "
(3) 2 Pet. 1:4
St. Gregory of Nyssa, "Sermon on the Resurrection of Christ", ca. 382 AD
"He offered Himself for us, Victim and Sacrifice, and Priest as well, and "Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world." (4) When did He do this? When He made His own Body food and His own Blood drink for His disciples; for this much is clear enough to anyone, that a sheep cannot be eaten by a man unless its being eaten be preceded by its being slaughtered. This giving of His own Body to His disciples for eating clearly indicates that the sacrifice of the Lamb has now been completed."
(4) John 1:29
St. John Chrysostom, " Homilies on the First Epistle to the Corinthians", ca. 392 AD
"The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not communion of the Blood of Christ? (5) Very trustworthily and awesomely does he say it. For what he is saying is this: "What is in the cup is that which flowed from His side, and we partake of it." ........"Because the bread is one, we, the many, are in one Body." (6) "Why do I say communion?" he says; "for we are that very Body." What is the Bread? The Body of Christ! What do they become who are partakers therein? The Body of Christ! Not many bodies, but one Body. "
(5) 1 Cor. 10:16
(6) 1 Cor. 10:17
St. Ambrose, "The Sacraments", ca. 390 AD
"You may perhaps say: "My bread is ordinary." But that bread is bread before the words of the Sacraments; where the consecration has entered in the bread becomes the flesh of Christ....... Before it be consecrated it is bread; but where the words of Christ come in, it is the Body of Christ. Finally, hear Him saying: "All of you take and eat of this; for this is My Body." (7)
(7) Luke 22:19
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