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The Eucharist Is Real (Duh)

Got absolutely smacked upside the head by some amazing quotes.

Was gathering them from the early church fathers.

In preparation for teaching a lesson at my local parish's OCIA class tomorrow.

I'm teaching a class on the eucharist.

When I converted to the faith from being baptist 1.5 yr ago - quotes like these played a huge role.

Here are my favorites:

Clement of Rome (67 AD) - “Our sin will not be small if we eject from the episcopate those who blamelessly and holily have offered its sacrifices." (Corinthians 44:4)
Ignatius of Antioch (110 AD) - “They abstain from the Eucharist and from prayer because they do not confess that the Eucharist is the flesh of our Savior Jesus Christ, flesh which suffered for our sins and which the Father, in His goodness, raised up again.” (Letter to the Smyrnaeans 7:1)
Justin Martyr (151 AD) - "For not as common bread and common drink do we receive these; but in like manner as Jesus Christ our Savior, having been made flesh by the Word of God, had both flesh and blood for our salvation, so likewise have we been taught that the food which is blessed by the prayer of His word, and from which our blood and flesh by transmutation are nourished, is the flesh and blood of that Jesus who was made flesh." (First Apology 66).
Irenaeus of Lyons (c. 180 AD) - "He has declared the cup, a part of creation, to be His own blood, from which He causes our blood to flow; and the bread, a part of creation, He has established as His own body, from which He gives increase to our bodies." (Against Heresies 5:2:2)

If you want more check out churchfathers.org

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