Matthew 26:26 Douay-Rheims

And whilst they were at supper, Jesus took bread, and blessed, and broke: and gave to his disciples, and said: Take ye, and eat. This is my body.

Ambrose of Milan

A.D. 339–397 Patristic

(de Sacr. iv. 5.) Before consecration, it is bread; after Christ’s words, This is my body, have been pronounced, it is Christ’s Body.

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A.D. 397 · as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Matthew 26:26

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.

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