3. Wherefore with full assurance let us
partake as of the Body and Blood of Christ: for in the
figure See Index, Τύπος, and the
references there, and Waterland, On the Eucharist, c.
vii. of Bread is given
to thee His Body, and in the figure of Wine His Blood; that thou by
partaking of the Body and Blood of Christ, mayest be made of the same
body and the same blood with Him. For thus we come to bear
Christ Χριστοφόροι
γινόμεθα. Procat.
15. in us, because His
Body and Blood are distributed Ben. Ed.:
“᾽Αναδιδομένου.
The Codices Coisl. Roe, Casaub. Scirlet. Ottob. 2. Genovef. have
ἀναδεδεγμένοι,
which does not agree well with the Genitives τοῦ
σώματος and τοῦ
αἵματος. It is evident
that it was an ill-contrived emendation of ἀναδιδομένου,
the transcribers being offended at the distribution of Christ’s
Body among our members. But Cyril uses even the same word in Cat.
xxiii. 9: Οὗτος ὁ
ἄρτος.…εἰς
πᾶσάν σου τὴν
σύστασιν
ἀναδίδοται,
εἰς ὠφέλειαν
σώματος καὶ
ψυχῆς, ‘This Bread is
distributed into thy whole system, to the benefit of body and
soul.’” ᾽Αναδιδομένου
is the reading of Milles and Rupp. For similar language see
Justin M. Apol. i. 66; Iren. V. ii. 2. through our
members; thus it is that, according to the blessed Peter, we become
partakers of the divine nature 2 Pet. i. 4..