2nd Century 2nd
"I desire the bread of God, which is the flesh of Jesus Christ "
Letter to the Romans
One Teaching Through the Ages
Made Present
Is Christ really present in the Eucharist? The Catholic Church has always answered yes.
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Not symbol. Not metaphor. His real presence.
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Taught consistently for 2,000 years; held by all Christians until the Reformation.
8
Centuries
15
Authors
19
Citations
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Truth
2nd
Century
2nd Century 2nd
"I desire the bread of God, which is the flesh of Jesus Christ "
Letter to the Romans
2nd Century 2nd
"They abstain from the Eucharist... because they do not confess that the Eucharist is the flesh of our Savior Jesus Christ "
Letter to the Smyrnaeans
2nd Century 2nd
"For not as common bread nor common drink do we receive these; but... the food which has been made into the Eucharist... becomes the flesh and blood of the incarnate Jesus. "
First Apology
2nd Century 2nd
"For not as common bread nor common drink do we receive these; but... the food which has been made into the Eucharist... becomes the flesh and blood of the incarnate Jesus. "
First Apology
2nd Century 2nd
"the cup of the Eucharist [is] the communion of His blood, [and] the bread which we break the communion of His body. "
Against Heresies
3rd
Century
3rd Century 3rd
"there is the true food, the flesh of the Word of God, as he himself says: 'My flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink' "
Homilies on Numbers
3rd Century 3rd
"[refers to Christ's] honored and undefiled body and blood, which day by day are administered and offered sacrificially at the spiritual divine table. "
Commentary on Proverbs
4th
Century
4th Century 4th
"The Bread of the Eucharist, after the invocation of the Holy Ghost, is mere bread no longer, but the Body of Christ. "
Catechetical Lectures
4th Century 4th
"Before it be consecrated it is bread; but where the words of Christ come in, it is the Body of Christ. "
On the Sacraments
5th
Century
5th Century 5th
"the bread is Christs body, the cup is Christs blood. "
Sermon 272
5th Century 5th
"the bread is Christ's body, the cup is Christ's blood. "
Sermon 272
13th
Century
13th Century 13th
"the bread being changed (transsubstantiatio) by divine power into the body, and the wine into the blood. "
Canon 1 of Fourth Lateran Council
13th Century 13th
"It is absolutely necessary to confess according to Catholic faith that the entire Christ is in this sacrament. "
Summa Theologiae
16th
Century
16th Century 16th
"If you argue that the bread may be looked on as a figure of His flesh, you are arguing like the prince and making a mockery of God's promises. "
Excerpt on the Eucharist
16th Century 16th
"If any one denieth, that... are contained truly, really, and substantially, the body and blood... let him be anathema. "
Canons on the Eucharist
20th
Century
20th Century 20th
"Christ is present... corporeally present, though not in the manner in which bodies are in a place. "
Mysterium Fidei
21th
Century
21th Century 21th
"In the humble signs of bread and wine, changed into his body and blood, Christ walks beside us as our strength and our food for the journey "
Ecclesia de Eucharistia
21th Century 21th
"It is not the eucharistic food that is changed into us, but rather we who are mysteriously transformed by it. Christ nourishes us by uniting us to himself; 'he draws us into himself.' "
Sacramentum Caritatis