Q. Did Serapion advocate the Roman dogma of transubstantiation?
Serapion of Thmuis (fl. c. 330-360 A.D.):
To Thee we have offered this bread, the likeness [τό ὁμοίωμα] of the body of the Only-begotten. This bread is the likeness [ὁμοίωμα] of the holy body, because the Lord Jesus Christ in the night in which He was betrayed took bread and brake and gave to His disciples saying, ‘Take and eat, this is My body which is being broken for you for the remission of sins’. Wherefore we also making the likeness [τό ὁμοίωμα] of the death have offered the bread. ...We have offered also the cup, the likeness [τό ὁμοίωμα] of the blood, because the Lord Jesus Christ, taking a cup after supper, said to His own disciples, ‘Take, drink, this is the new covenant, which is My blood which is being poured out for you for the remission of trespasses’. Wherefore we also have offered the cup, presenting a likeness [ὁμοίωμα] of the blood. (Prayers of Serapion, §.1) see (Darwell Stone, A History of the Doctrine of the Holy Eucharist, [1909], Volume I, p. 63). Here
~ Soli Deo Gloria
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