Monday, December 7, 2020

Procopius of Gaza and Transubstantiation

Q. Did Procopius advocate the Roman dogma of transubstantiation?


Procopius, of Gaza (Procopius Gazaeus) (c. 465-528 A.D.):

For He gave to His disciples the image or figure, or type of His own body, no longer admitting and receiving the bloody sacrifices of the Law. By the whiteness of the teeth, therefore, he denoted the purity of the mystical bread by which we are nourished. (J. P. Minge, Patrologiæ Cursus Completus, [1865], Patrologiæ Græcæ, Tomus LXXXVII (Pars Prima.), Procopii Gazæi, Commentarii In Genesin, Cap. XLIX, Vers. 12, Col. 501, 502). Here Trans. (J. H. Treat, The Catholic Faith; Or, Doctrines of the Church of Rome Contrary to Scripture and the Teaching of the Primitive Church, [1888], p. 227). Here



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