PILKO Jan - Acta Patristica, volume 9, issue 19/2018
HOLY FATHERS LEARNING ABOUT THE MYSTERY OF THE BODY AND BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST
/SVÄTOOTCOVSKÉ UČENIE O TAJOMSTVE TELA A KRVI ISUSA CHRISTA/
Jan PILKO
lecturer, Faculty of Orthodox Theology, University of Presov in Presov, Masarykova 15, 080 01 Presov, Slovakia, jan.pilko@unipo.sk, 00421517724729
Abstract
The importance of the Eucharist is written by many Fathers and teachers of the Church. For example, St. John Chrysostom makes an analysis of the realization of the Eucharist, and in the first place excludes its examination of moralistically as a fact that is only of an ethical-pedagogical character. In his understanding, it is necessary to clarify that this great secret is not just about the love that is born in us, but about the actual reception of Christ's body. The unity of the believer's body with Christ's body, which takes place in the Eucharist, is real, as is the unity of human nature with God in Jesus Christ. In every Eucharist there is Christus, even though it is carried out by countless numbers of bishops and priests countless times over many centuries. Man is a double being, mixed from soul and body. Therefore, it is necessary for the people to be saved to be kept as the soul as well as the body of those who lead them to life. Only the Body that proved to be stronger than death and became the beginning of our lives. Just as the Body, which God gave Him immortality, transforms and transforms the whole body into our body.
Keywords
Eucharist, Jesus Christ, body, blood, mystery
SUMMARY
The importance of the Eucharist is written by many Fathers and teachers of the Church. For example, St. John Chrysostom makes an analysis of the realization of the Eucharist, and in the first place excludes its examination of moralistically as a fact that is only of an ethical-pedagogical character. In his understanding, it is necessary to clarify that this great secret is not just about the love that is born in us, but about the actual reception of Christ's body. The unity of the believer's body with Christ's body, which takes place in the Eucharist, is real, as is the unity of human nature with God in Jesus Christ. In every Eucharist there is Christus, even though it is carried out by countless numbers of bishops and priests countless times over many centuries. Man is a double being, mixed from soul and body. Therefore, it is necessary for the people to be saved to be kept as the soul as well as the body of those who lead them to life. Only the Body that proved to be stronger than death and became the beginning of our lives. Just as the Body, which God gave Him immortality, transforms and transforms the whole body into our body.
(Language: slovak)