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 Christ. -- Eran. And you believe, that you partake of the body and blood of Christ?--Orth. So I believe.-Eran. As the symbols then of the body and blood of Christ were different before the consecration of the Priest, and after that consecration are changed, and become something else, in the same manner we (Eutychians) say, the body of Christ, after his ascension, was changed into the divine essence.Orth. Thou art taken in thy own snare; for after the consecration, the mystical symbols lose not their proper nature: they remain both in the figure and appearance of their former substance, to be seen, and to be felt, as before; but they are understood to be what they have been made; this they are believed to be; and as such they are adored.” Dial. ii. T. iv. p. 84. Edit. Lutetiæ Paris. 1642.—“The Emperor Theodosius being arrived at Milan, after the slaughter at Thessalonica, and wishing to enter the Church, as usual, St. Ambrose went to prevent him; and meeting him at the outside of the great porch, he forbad him to enter, using nearly these words : With what eyes, O Emperor, can you behold the temple of him, who is our common master? With what feet will you dare to tread upon ground so holy? How will you presume to stretch forth your hands towards God, while they are yet reeking with blood unjustly shed ? How will you dare to receive the most holy body of the Lord with these hands, that have been stained with the carnage at Thessalonica? And how will you dare to receive that precious blood into your mouth, after it has, in the fury of