On the Lord's Prayer — Section 18

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This passage is differently read as follows: “And according as we say Our Father, so also we call Christ our bread, because He is ours as we come in contact with His body.”

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[Probably in times of persecution. See Freeman, Principles of Divine Service.]

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John vi. 58.

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John vi. 53.

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[Not tied to actual daily reception, however. See the figure, 1 Kings xix. 7, 8. But see valuable note on (ἐπιούσιος) the supersubstantial bread. Cyril of Jerusalem, p. 277, Oxford trans. of the Mystagogic Lectures.]

Section 18

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