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Ignatius of Antioch
c. AD 107
The Eucharist is truly the body and blood of Christ, not a symbol
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Ignatius of Antioch
c. AD 107
Only a Eucharist administered by the bishop, or by one he has authorised, is to be regarded as valid
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Ignatius of Antioch
c. AD 107
The first day of the week Eucharist was the central act of Christian worship from the beginning
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Justin Martyr
c. AD 155
The eucharistic thanksgiving is addressed to the Father through Christ and the people respond Amen
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JM
Justin Martyr
c. AD 155
Deacons carry the Eucharist to those absent from the assembly
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JM
Justin Martyr
c. AD 155
The Eucharist fulfils Malachi's prophecy of a pure offering acceptable to God
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Justin Martyr
c. AD 155
The congregation's response of Amen to the eucharistic prayer is an act of participation and ratification
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JM
Justin Martyr
c. AD 155
The Eucharist consists of bread and a cup of water and wine, over which the president gives thanks
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Irenaeus of Lyon
c. AD 180
The Eucharist contains the body and blood of Christ, which refutes those who deny the resurrection of the flesh
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IL
Irenaeus of Lyon
c. AD 180
Irenaeus teaches that the Eucharist is a firstfruit offered to God from his own creation
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Tertullian
c. AD 200
Fasting before receiving the Eucharist is an ancient Christian practice
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Cyprian of Carthage
c. AD 252
The Eucharist is the daily bread for which Christians pray in the Lord's Prayer
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Cyprian of Carthage
c. AD 252
Receiving the Eucharist unworthily is a sin against the body and blood of the Lord
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Cyprian of Carthage
c. AD 253
Cyprian teaches that the cup must be mixed with water and wine at the Eucharist
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Cyprian of Carthage
c. AD 253
The Eucharist must follow Christ's own institution exactly — he used bread and wine mixed with water
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CJ
Cyril of Jerusalem
c. AD 350
The Eucharist is the body of Christ and conveys eternal life to those who receive it worthily
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JC
John Chrysostom
c. AD 390
Chrysostom describes the Eucharist as physically receiving Christ — the communicant fixes their teeth in his flesh
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Ambrose of Milan
c. AD 390
Ambrose describes the consecrated eucharistic elements as the true body and blood, changed from bread and wine
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JC
John Chrysostom
c. AD 390
The Eucharist transforms those who receive it into the body of Christ — communicants become what they receive
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AM
Ambrose of Milan
c. AD 390
The Eucharist effects what it signifies — it is not merely a sign
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JC
John Chrysostom
c. AD 398
Chrysostom teaches that the Eucharist is the same sacrifice as Calvary, not a different one
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