Gelasius Of Cyzicum, G. C.-In his history of the Council of Nice,' he says:“We must not confine our attention to the bread and the chalice offered on the sacred table, but elevating our mind, let us discover by faith this Lamb of God lying on this sacred table, taking away the sins of the world, and immolated by the priests in an unbloody manner; and when we truly receive his precious body and blood, let us consider them as the pledges of our resurrection.” Conc. Gen. T. 11. p. 234.
St. ISAAC,[1] G.C.—“I saw the vessel mingled, and, for wine, full of blood; and the body, in lieu of bread, placed on the table." I saw the blood and shuddered : I saw the body, and was awed with fear. Faith whispered to me; eat, and be silent: drink, child, and enquire not.—She shewed me the body slain, of which placing a portion on my lips, she said gently: Reflect, what thou eatest. She held out to me a reed, directing me to write. I took the reed; I wrote; I pronounced: This is the body of my God. Taking then the cup, I drank.And what I had said of the body, that I now said of the cup: This is the blood of my Saviour." Serm. de Fide. Bibl. Orient. T. 1. p. 220. Romæ, 1719.
ST. PETER CHRYSOLOGUS,[2] L.C.-“Let Christians un-
- ↑ St. Isaac was a priest of Antioch, and flourished under Theodosius the younger, about the middle of the fifth century. Some account of him and his works may be seen in the first volume of the Bibliotheca Orientalis of Jos. Assemani. The above sermon is mentioned by Gennadius, who died about 493.
- ↑ He was placed on the archiepiscopal chair of Ravenna about the year 430, and governed that Church about 20 years. We have 176 of his discourses, which were so much esteemed in those days as to procure him the surname of Chrysologus.
