progression in the formation of it; but that he should be in the Father, by the nature of the divinity; we in him, by his corporal birth; and he in us by the sacramental mystery." De Trin. L. viii. p. 954, 955, 956.
ST. JAMES OF NISIBIS,[1]G.C.—“Listen now, my friend, to what I shall say concerning this Passover, the mystery and figure of which were given to that first people, but of which the truth is now proclaimed among the Gentiles. Our Lord ate the Passover with his disciples, on that fourteenth night on which he was taken; delivering to them the sacrament of the true Passover. For after Judas had gone out from them, he took bread, blessed it, and gave it to them, saying: This is my body, &c. He blessed the wine also, saying, This is my blood, &c. But our Lord did this before he was apprehended; and leaving the place, where he made the Passover, and gave his body to be eaten, and his blood to be drunk, he went thither with his disciples, where he was seized. As, therefore, his body had been now eaten, and his blood drunk, he was reckoned to be among the dead. For our Lord gave his body with his own hands, for food; and his blood for drink, before he was crucified.” Serm. xiv. 340.—“ Truly, O man, it is unbecoming and impious, that filth should pass through that door, by which the Lord enters. Abstain from all uncleanness, and then receive the body and blood of Christ. Cautiously guard your mouth, through which the Lord has entered, and be it no longer the passage to words of uncleanness.” Serm. iii. p. 46.-Speaking of the expiation of sin, (Isaiah, i. 15.) your hands are full
- ↑ He assisted at the Council of Nice, in 325, and seems to have died about 350; leaving behind him a great name among the Churches of the East. His works, as they come down to us, are few, consisting of 18 Discourses, on various religious subjects, addressed to a friend. They were published, with learned notes, a preface, and dissertation, at Rome, in 1756, in the Armenian language, with a Latin translation, by Nicholas Antonelli, a Roman prelate.
