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SACRAMENTS
1. The term.
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And they eating, Jesus, having taken the bread and praised, brake and gave to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body.
And I say to you, that I drink not from henceforth of this fruit of the vine, even till that day when I drink it new with you, in the kingdom of my Father.
Therefore, having gone, disciple all nations; immersing them into the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit:
Then truly they having gladly received his word were immersed: and in that day were added about three thousand souls. And they were persevering in the teaching of the sent, and in mutual participation, and breaking of bread, and prayers.
Therefore cleanse out the old leaven, that ye may be a new mixture, as ye are unleavened. For also our pascha was sacrificed for us, Christ:
And I will not ye be ignorant, brethren, that our fathers were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea; And were all immersed into Moses in the cloud, and in the sea; read more. And they all ate the same spiritual food And all drank the same spiritual drink: for they drank of the spiritual Rock following; and the Rock was Christ.
For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye announce the Lord's death till he come.
This is a great mystery: but I speak to Christ and to the church.
In whom also were ye circumcised with the circumcision not made by hands, in the putting off the body of the sins of the flesh in the circumcision of Christ;