Irenaeus Against Heresies Book III

and adds, "The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? "[330]

Irenaeus Against Heresies Book V

But if this indeed do not attain salvation, then neither did the Lord redeem us with His blood, nor is the cup of the Eucharist the communion of His blood, nor the bread which we break the communion of His body.[10]

Address of Tatian to the Greeks

What injury do we inflict upon you, O Greeks? Why do you hate those who follow the word of God, as if they were the vilest of mankind? It is not we who eat human flesh[72]

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