Christ's Sacrifice and the Eucharist
'…having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, apart from sin' (Hebrews 9:28). And again: 'He committed no sin, and there was no deceit in his mouth' (1 Peter 2:22). And look, he himself offers himself for us. See, then: he did not offer himself up for himself, but for the people.
Nestorius says: Since he says, 'Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood will live through me, just as I live because of the Father who sent me' (John 6:56-57), what then do you eat, heretic? The divinity, or the humanity? For Christ did not say, 'Whoever eats my divinity,' but 'the flesh.'
Cyril says: For my part, I receive by faith the life-giving flesh of the life-giving Word. Hence the Savior said, 'Those who eat of this bread will never taste death' (John 6:50-51; 8:52). Those who…
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απαξ προσενεχθεὶς εἰς τὸ πολλῶν ἀνενεγκεῖν ἁμαρτίας, ἐκ δευτέρου χωρὶς ἁμαρτίας ὀφθήσεται. Καὶ πάλιν· ̔Αμαρτίαν οὐκ ἐποίησεν, καὶ δόλος οὐχ ὑπῆρχεν ἐν τῷ στόματι αὐτοῦ· καὶ ἰδοὺ αὐτὸς ἑαυτὸν προσφέρει ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν· ιδε ουν οὐχ ὑπὲρ ἑαυτοῦ ἀνήνεγκεν αὑτὸν, ἀλλ' ὑπὲρ τοῦ λαοῦ. {ΝΕΣΤ.} Αὐτοῦ λέγοντος· ̔Ο τρώγων μου τὴν σάρκα, καὶ πίνων μου τὸ αιμα, ζήσεται δι' ἐμοῦ, καθὼς ἐγὼ ζῶ διὰ τὸν ἀποστείλαντά με Πατέρα. ‹76.253› Τίνα ουν ἐσθίεις, αἱρετικέ; τὴν θεότητα, η τὴν ἀνθρωπότητα; Οὐκ ειπε γὰρ ὁ Χριστὸς, ̔Ο τρώγων μου τὴν θεότητα, ἀλλὰ, Τὴν σάρκα. {ΚΥΡ.} ̓Εγὼ μὲν πίστει μεταλαμβάνω τὴν τοῦ ζωοποιοῦ Λόγου ζωοποιοῦσαν σάρκα· οθεν ὁ Σωτὴρ εφη· Οἱ ἐσθίοντες ἐκ τούτου τοῦ αρτου, οὐ μὴ γεύσωνται θανάτου εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα· οἱ