2nd Century
St. Ignatius of Antioch
Apostolic & Early Church
"They abstain from the Eucharist and from prayer, because they confess not the Eucharist to be the flesh of our Saviour Jesus Christ, which suffered for our sins, and which the Father, of His goodness, raised up again. Those, therefore, who speak against this gift of God, incur death in the midst of their disputes. But it were better for them to treat it with respect, that they also might rise again. "
Letter to the Smyrnaeans 6:2–7:1
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