A significant passage is to be found in the
Moralia, Rule XXI., that participation in the Body and Blood of
Christ is necessary to eternal life. John vi. 54, is then quoted. That no benefit
is derived by him who comes to communion without consideration of the
method whereby participation of the Body and Blood of Christ is given;
and that he who receives unworthily is condemned. On this
John vi. 54 and 62, and 1 Cor. xiii.
27, are quoted. By what
method (ποί&
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and drink the Blood of the Lord, in remembrance of the
Lord’s obedience unto death, that they who live may no
longer live unto themselves, but to Him who died and rose again
for them. In answer, the quotations are Luke xxii. 29, 1 Cor. xi. 23, 2
Cor. v. 14, and 1 Cor. x. 16.