"Augustine viewed the eucharist in spiritual term"
Like symbol? I do not think so!
So Really? Wow! You should read for yourself.
Augustine of Hippo, St [354-430 AD] The City of God (Book V)
“Christ was carried in his Own Hands when, referring to His Own Body, he said, ‘This is My Body’ [Matt. 26:26]. For he carried that Body in His Hands” (Explanations of the Psalms 33:1:10 [A.D. 405]).Read More
Augustine of Hippo, St [354-430 AD] Sermon 8 on the New Testament
“I promised you [new Christians], who have now been baptized, a sermon in which I would explain the sacrament of the Lord’s Table. . . . That bread which you see on the altar, having been Sanctified by the Word of God, IS THE BODY of CHRIST. That chalice, or rather, what is in that chalice, having been Sanctified by the Word of God, IS The BLOOD of CHRIST” (Sermons 227 [A.D. 411]).Read More
Did you read for yourself Webster's arguments in their entirety? I provided links to two such essays. Please, write the man a letter.