3rd Century
Portrait of St. Cyprian of Carthage

St. Cyprian of Carthage

Apostolic & Early Church
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As the prayer goes forward, we ask and say, Give us this day our daily bread. And this may be understood both spiritually and literally, because either way of understanding it is rich in divine usefulness to our salvation. (…) And therefore we ask that our bread — that is, Christ — may be given to us daily, that we who abide and live in Christ may not depart from His sanctification and body. "

Treatise 4.18 View Source