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“The Blood of the Lord, indeed, is twofold. There is His corporeal Blood, by which we are redeemed from corruption; and His spiritual Blood, that with which we are anointed. That is to say, to drink the Blood of Jesus is to share in His immortality. The strength of the Word is the Spirit just as the blood is the strength of the body. Similarly, as wine is blended with water, so is the Spirit with man. The one, the Watered Wine, nourishes in faith, while the other, the Spirit, leads us on to immortality. The union of both, however, - of the drink and of the Word, - is called the Eucharist, a praiseworthy and excellent gift. Those who partake of it in faith are sanctified in body and in soul. By the will of the Father, the divine mixture, man, is mystically united to the Spirit and to the Word.” — St. Clement of Alexandria, before AD 202.


16 posted on 07/09/2015 10:27:39 AM PDT by Campion
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To: Campion
By the will of the Father, the divine mixture, man, is mystically united to the Spirit and to the Word.”
— St. Clement of Alexandria, before AD 202.


Mumbo-Jumbo.
Elsie of FreeRepublic, July 9th, 2015 AD

30 posted on 07/09/2015 11:21:18 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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