Popery condemned by scripture and the fathers - End Time Deception

^0- POPERY CONDEMNED BY
When the Christians were accused of not sacrificing
for the Roman Emperors, Tertullian
rephed, that tlieir religion knew no propitiatory
sacrifice :
" We do not/' says he, " sacrifice
*'
for others, because we do it not for our-
'*
selves *,"
The Fathers, indeed, frequently call the eucharist
a sacrifice ; but they leave us in no uncertainty
concerning its nature. They considered
it
merely as a figurative representation of the
death of Christ, and an offering of gratitude to
God for his goodness
''
: Diligently consider,"
says Ephrem Syrus, " how Christ, taking the
bread in his hands, blessed and brake it, for
a figure of his immaculate body ;
and he also
blessed and gave the cup to his disciples, for
a figure of his precious blood f."
" The bread," says Tertullian, " which he
took and distributed to his disciples, he made
his body, saying. This is mij hody^ that is, the
figure of my body |."
" We are not Atheists," says Justin Martyr,
Vv'e worship the Maker of all things, who ,
needs neither blood, libations, nor incense,
v/ith the word of prayer and thanksgiving.
And we are persuaded, that he needs no material
oblation from men ||," And likewise.
Prayers and praises made by good men, are
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* Apol. c. lo. f Tract, de Nat. Dei. % Adv.
Marc. Lib. 4. c. 40. || Apol. 2.