Church Fathers V3 - Fr George Grube - Saint Mina Coptic Orthodox ...

+ When heretics attempt to avail themselves of the prophetic Scriptures, in
the first place they will not make use of all the writings, and then they will fail
to quote them in full, nor as a body of prophecy. But selecting ambiguous
selections they mold them to their own opinions, mentioning a few selections
here and there, not looking to the full sense , but making use in the mere words.
- St. Clement of Alexandria
+ We request that the Bread be given to us daily, so that we who are close to
Christ, and receive the Eucharist regularly as the food of salvation, may not by
serious sin...be prevented from partaking of the heavenly Bread, or torn from
Christ’s Body.
- Sf. Cyprian of Carthage
+ Believe as true that the same banquet takes place now as when Christ
reclined at table, and know that this banquet, in the Eucharist, is in no way
different.
- St. John Chrysostom
+ If anyone should ask a man who is truly wise why he was born, the wise man
will answer without trepidation or hesitation, that he was born to worship God.
- Lactantius
+ The Body of Christ in the Holy Eucharist demands pure, believing souls and
not costly garments.
- St. John Chrysostom
+ Every soul that partakes of the bread come down from heaven is a “house
of Bread” or “Bethlehem”(in Hebrew), the “Bread of Christ”, which is nourished
and strengthened by the support of that heavenly Bread that dwells within.
- St. Ambrose of Milan
+ Just as there are many rays from the Sun, making one light, thus also the
Church, radiant with the light of Christ, sheds her rays over the entire world,
yet remains one light that is spread everywhere.
- Sf. Cyprian of Carthage
+ Remember this, all you faithful, the elect of the Church of God. The people
were previously named “People of God,” and “a holy nation.” Therefore all of
you are the holy and sacred Church of God, with names inscribed in heaven,
a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a chosen people, a bride adorned for the
bridegroom, Our Lord, a great Church, a faithful Church.
- “Teaching of the Twelve Apostles”
+ We are a people knit together by a common religious profession, by a unity
in discipline, and by the bond of common hope.
- Tertullian
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