Ante-Nicene Fathers/Volume V/Cyprian/The Treatises of Cyprian/Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews/Book III/Part 94

94. That the Eucharist is to be received with fear and honour.

In Leviticus: &#8220;But whatever soul shall eat of the flesh of the sacrifice of salvation, which is the Lord&#8217;s, and his uncleanness is still upon him, that soul shall perish from his people.&#8221; Also in the first to the Corinthians: &#8220;Whosoever shall eat the bread or drink the cup of the Lord unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.&#8221;