1. Even of
itself αὐτή found in all mss. is changed for the worse into αὕτη by the Benedictine
Editor. the teaching of the
Blessed Paul is sufficient to give you a full assurance concerning
those Divine Mysteries, of which having been deemed worthy, ye are
become of the same body Introduction,
“Eucharist.” The word σύσσωμοι
has a different sense in Eph.
iii. 6, where it is applied
to the Gentiles as having been made members of Christ’s body the
Church. and blood with
Christ. For you have just heard him say distinctly, That our
Lord Jesus Christ in the night in which He was betrayed, took bread,
and when He had given thanks He brake it, and gave to His disciples,
saying, Take, eat, this is My Body: and having taken the cup and
given thanks, He said, Take, drink, this is My Blood 1 Cor. xi. 23. The clause “and gave to His
disciples” is an addition taken from Matt. xxvi. 26. The part relating to the cup does
not correspond exactly either with St. Paul’s language or with
the Evangelists’.. Since then He Himself declared and
said of the Bread, This is My Body, who shall dare to doubt any
longer? And since He has Himself affirmed and said, This is My
Blood, who shall ever hesitate, saying, that it is not His
blood?