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edwayne
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“He took from among creation that which is bread, and gave thanks, saying, ‘This is my body.’ The cup likewise,… he confessed to be his blood. He taught the new sacrifice of the new covenant, of which Malachi… had signified beforehand: ‘… For from the rising of the sun to its setting my name is glorified among the Gentiles, and in every place incense is offered to my name, and a pure sacrifice; for great is my name among the Gentiles, says the Lord Almighty’ [Mal. 1:11].” (Irenaeus, Against Heresies 4:17:5 [A.D. 180])I am interested in the Apostolic Fathers - do any of them refer to the Eucharist as a sacrifice?
I did not see it in the Didache, or Ignatius letter to the Smyrnaeans?