...grace and truth came through Jesus
Christ. - John 1:17b
"Since
Christ Himself said in reference to the
bread:
"This is My
Body," who will dare remain
hesitant?
And since with equal
clarity He asserted: "This is My
Blood,"
who will dare
entertain any doubt and
say that this is not His Blood?...
You
have been taught these truths.
Imbued with the
certainty of faith, you know that what seems to be
bread
is not bread but
the Body of Christ, although it
seems to be bread when tasted.
You also know that
what seems to be wine is not wine
but the Blood of
Christ although it does taste like
wine."
- From a catechetical
instruction given by St Cyril for his successor, John - 4th
c
St
Cyril of Alexandria
370-444
Bishop,
Doctor of the
Church
Preeminent
role at Council of Ephesus
This
Council defined the inseparable unity
of
the divine and human natures of Christ,
and
thus the appropriateness of invoking the Blessed Virgin Mary
under
the title of "Theotokos" or Mother of God.
FEAST DAY - June
27
"In Cana of
and
shall we think Him less worthy of credit
when He changes wine into His Blood? - St Cyril of Alexandria
when He changes wine into His Blood? - St Cyril of Alexandria
St
Cyril of Alexandria, pray for us!
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