tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596708332568087278.post1762981253959366262..comments2024-01-24T10:39:27.668-05:00Comments on Coming Untrue: Too Hot to Handle: Off the Rails or On Track?Dr. S. L. Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06303707167715370504noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596708332568087278.post-41350476773406243452016-05-14T12:57:28.616-04:002016-05-14T12:57:28.616-04:00It seems the link to the letter got lost from my p...It seems the link to the letter got lost from my previous append. Here it is.<br /><br />http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/0126.htm<br /><br />Qmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596708332568087278.post-23207402351729438082016-05-14T12:22:49.361-04:002016-05-14T12:22:49.361-04:00This is instructive. A letter from the first Churc...This is instructive. A letter from the first Church fathers to the Roman emperor (138-161 AD) <br /><br />The First Apology<br /><br />From <br /><br /><br />Chapter 1. Address<br />To the Emperor Titus Ælius Adrianus Antoninus Pius Augustus Cæsar, and to his son Verissimus the Philosopher, and to Lucius the Philosopher, the natural son of Cæsar, and the adopted son of Pius, a lover of learning, and to the sacred Senate, with the whole People of the Romans, I, Justin, the son of Priscus and grandson of Bacchius, natives of Flavia Neapolis in Palestine, present this address and petition in behalf of those of all nations who are unjustly hated and wantonly abused, myself being one of them.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />Chapter 4. Christians unjustly condemned for their mere name<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />Chapter 8. Christians confess their faith in God<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />Chapter 65. Administration of the sacraments<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />Chapter 66. Of the Eucharist<br />And this food is called among us Εὐχαριστία [the Eucharist], of which no one is allowed to partake but the man who believes that the things which we teach are true, and who has been washed with the washing that is for the remission of sins, and unto regeneration, and who is so living as Christ has enjoined. For not as common bread and common drink do we receive these; but in like manner as Jesus Christ our Saviour, having been made flesh by the Word of God, had both flesh and blood for our salvation, so likewise have we been taught that the food which is blessed by the prayer of His word, and from which our blood and flesh by transmutation are nourished, is the flesh and blood of that Jesus who was made flesh. For the apostles, in the memoirs composed by them, which are called Gospels, have thus delivered unto us what was enjoined upon them; that Jesus took bread, and when He had given thanks, said, This do in remembrance of Me, Luke 22:19 this is My body; and that, after the same manner, having taken the cup and given thanks, He said, This is My blood; and gave it to them alone. Which the wicked devils have imitated in the mysteries of Mithras, commanding the same thing to be done. For, that bread and a cup of water are placed with certain incantations in the mystic rites of one who is being initiated, you either know or can learn.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />Chapter 68. Conclusion<br />Qmannoreply@blogger.com