The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-15

thev confess not the Eucharist IN he
the flesh Of our savior. Jesus Christ.
which tfleshe suffered for our sins,
T which the Father raised up by His
goodness This is explicit testimony
/ concerning the second ccutury's teach
ing on the Real Presence. II these
Gnasttcs considered the Eucharist
merely as a memorial of Christ's pas
sion they would certainly not have
declined TO take part in il. As a mat
/ ter nf fact thcy understood 1t 10 he
ila flesh of the Lord, and according TO
/ their false views they had to reject It,.
Tho church Of that day plainly taught
mat the Eucharist was the flesh OF
Christ. which suffered for our sins.
and was raised UP by the Father
~. Justin on Eucharist.
St Justin. born in Palestine,
founded a school in Rome. where he
disputed with the heather philoso-
pliers nf his day, He was martyred
at Uomn In 1877 after writing ,ne
first defense of the Christian relig-
ion To- the pagan emperors. In one
81 these apologies U-6s). he writes;
The food itself with us is called the
EuC haHsl Of which none is permit
ted To partake except one who be-
lteFes and who has passed
throuEb the washing for remission
Of Sins and the new birth. and lives
as Christ commanded. For We re-
ralvc these not as common bread or
common drink, but as Jesus Christ,
our Saviour. being incarnate by the
word ~ Cod possessed both fesf,
and blood for our salvation, so also
We are taught that the food over
which Thanksgiving has been made by
the utteranoe IN prayer of the word
derived from Him is the flesh and
blood 81 that fnCarnate Jesus
Many Protestant scholars have
admitted that St Justin taught the
same doctrine as the Catholic Church
Of trday Harnack writes 1t cannot
be- denied that Justin rresupposed the
identity, miraculously produced by
the Logos. of the cousecrated bread
and the body he has assumed
Q.chrbach d. pogmengesch. 1898.
4th Ed
"Semised. in his study on st. Jus.
tin dustin der Martyrer). says: The
parallel which Justin draws between
the Incarnation Of Jesus and the
Eucharistic act. makes IL absolutely
necessary to. take the bread and wine
Of the Euebaristic celebration In
real sense for the body and blood OF
Christ, even as the flesh of the I'M
caruate saviour was real I'll. p.
1881
Another witness of the second
century. 81 lreanaemus, bishop OF
Lyons also clearly asserts the real
presence of Christ in the holy Eu-
chariSt The only extaht work Of
his is the BOOK against the Gnostics
Of his day who denied that Jesus was
the Son of God OF the Word OF God.
the Creator, His argument against
them IS: How shall they feel assured
That be bread over which thanks
giving has been made is the body OF
their Lord, and the chalice of His
blood. If they do not declare Him the
son % The worlds Creator?' His argu-
ment is clear The change OF the
bread into the Lords body depends
on the power of Jesus. But If YOU
deny that Jesus has any power over
the material world, you must also
deny this Fucharistic change But
yea Gnestics admit with us the Flu
denial then of Jesus rightful claims ls
denial OF the faith"
Marriage and Divorce
The lecture this evening should be
one Of the most interesting in the
series Of lectures The subject viii be
Marriage and Divorce" and the
lecturer Will explain in fun the atti-
tade Of he Catholic Church towards
the great evil of divorce"
The ma ioritv If the churches today
are agreed With the position Of the
/ Catholic Church on this subject, and
this leGtuee ahonid be Of great interest
10 those who see in the great increase
If divorce in this country, a great
menace 70 the welfare OF the country.
Nj are extended & most cordial wei
leone