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He said: This is My body." Facundus 388 : "Our Lord called the bread <strong>and</strong><br />

cup which had been blessed, <strong>and</strong> which He delivered to His disciples, His<br />

body <strong>and</strong> blood." Maxentius 389 : "<strong>The</strong> bread which the whole Church<br />

partakes of in memory of the Lord's passion is His body." <strong>The</strong>odoret 390 :<br />

"After consecration, we call the mystic fruit of the vine the Lord's blood."<br />

Tertullian 391 : "Christ, when He had taken bread, <strong>and</strong> distributed it to His<br />

disciples, made it His body by saying, 'This is My body.'" Cyril of<br />

Jerusalem 392 : "When the invocation is made, the bread becomes the body<br />

of Christ <strong>and</strong> the wine His blood." Gregory Nyssen 393 : "At first the bread is<br />

common bread, but after the mystery has consecrated it, it is both called<br />

<strong>and</strong> becomes the body of Christ." Augustine 394 : "Not all bread, but only<br />

that which receives the blessing of Christ, becomes Christ's body." <strong>The</strong><br />

author of the Book on the Sacraments, imputed to Ambrose (L. IV. ch. iv.):<br />

"Perhaps thou wilt say, My bread (the bread of which I speak) is ordinary<br />

bread; but though that bread is (ordinary) bread before the sacramental<br />

words, yet, when the consecration takes place, the bread becomes the<br />

body of Christ...How can that which is bread be the body of Christ? By<br />

consecration. By whose words is this consecration? By the words of the<br />

Lord Jesus. Whatever else may have gone before, as praise to God, <strong>and</strong><br />

prayers, yet when the venerable sacrament itself is to be consummated, the<br />

priest no longer uses his own words, but uses the words of Christ.<br />

Wherefore it is Christ's word by which the sacrament is consummated.<br />

What is Christ's word? That by which the universe was made out of<br />

nothing...It was not the body of Christ before consecration, but after<br />

consecration it is the body of Christ. He hath said, <strong>and</strong> it is done. Wine<br />

<strong>and</strong> water are put into the cup; but it becomes blood by the consecration of<br />

the heavenly word."<br />

Luther.<br />

<strong>The</strong> Lutheran Church, holding the same Eucharistic faith with the<br />

Ancient Church, does not hesitate to employ the<br />

388 In Defens. 3. Capit. Lib. IX. c. ult.<br />

389 Dialog. 2. c. 18.<br />

390 Dialog. 1.<br />

391 Catech. Mystag. 2.<br />

392 If Cont. Marc. L. IV. ch. 40.<br />

393 Orat. in Christ. Baptisms.<br />

394 Serm. de diversis. 87.

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