The Connection of the Holy Sacraments With the Spiritual Life And Their Influen
The Connection of the Holy Sacraments With the Spiritual Life And Their Influen
Christopher Churchill Bartholomew
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54, 55. J Ib. Vi. 56, 57. Ib. Vi. 49, 50, 58. || St. Paul, 1 Cor. X. And xi. 14 plained, invests the sacramental symbols with the same dignity and efficacy which the words of the text would appear to attach to them. It is remark- able, that he too opens the subject by an allusion to the spiritual meat and drink of the Israelites, as typical of the Eucharistic symbols: and alluding to this Sacrament, as an established institution, he says, "The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the commu...nion of the blood of Christ ? The bread which we break, is it not the com- munion of the body of Christ ? for we, being many, are one bread and one body, for we are all par- takers of that one bread ?" What is this but a brief summary of, and comment on the grace which would appear to be conveyed by the words, " My flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink in- deed. Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him. V * Undoubtedly, our own Church has so understood this passage, as expressive of the grace of the Eu- charist ; for she has in her Services combined it with the teaching of St.
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