The Body and Blood of the New Covenant
May this bread, having been transformed, become the body of Christ: a divine body, a body of salvation for souls and bodies. And that which has been mixed in this cup, the same blood of Christ—the blood of a new covenant—is a salvation to us, so that we all may partake in the mysteries of your saints in the newness of the Spirit and not in the oldness of the letter.
Greek
ἄρτος οὗτος μετατραπεὶς γένηται σῶμα Χριστοῦ, σῶμα θεῖον, σῶμα σωτήριον ψυχῶν καὶ σωμάτων, καὶ τὸ ἐν τῷ ποτηρίῳ τούτῳ κερασθὲν ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτὸ αἷμα Χριστοῦ, αἷμα καινῆς διαθήκης, αἷμα σωτήριόν ἐστιν ἡμῖν, εἰς τὸ μετέχειν ἡμᾶς ὅλους τῶν ἁγίων σου μυστηρίων ἐν καινότητι τοῦ πνεύματος καὶ οὐχὶ παλαιότητι τοῦ γράμματος».
About this text
A 4th-century bishop's thanksgiving prayer over bread and wine, showing how early Christians worshipped.
Catalogue & scope
Khazarzar scan
Witnesses
- Copy-text PG 41–43 (Khazarzar) (Greek)
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