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Does Theodoret of Cyrus reject the orthodox view of the real presence in this quote? It sounds like he's saying that the substance/essence of the bread doesn't under go any change, but that the substance/essence of the bread is conjoined to Christ?
Although Theodoret is perhaps deliberately vague about the precise identity of those whose reactions he describes, conjuring up imagined opponents allows him to engage his audience on various fronts. His real targets, however, may have lain closer to him.
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Oct 18, 2022 · Real Presence in regards to Catholic and Orthodox views is, essentially, transubstantiation. The idea behind this is that the bread and wine actually become the body and blood of Christ after it has been consecrated. This is quit different from the Lutheran view of "Real Presence".
- We Eastern Orthodox take Christ at His word that "if you do not eat My Flesh and drink My Blood, you have no life in you." Indeed this is a hard sa...
- Real Presence in regards to Catholic and Orthodox views is, essentially, transubstantiation . The idea behind this is that the bread and wine ac...
- In the Anglican Catholic Church, the change to the elements of the wafer and wine is mysterious, and no-one tries to explain what has happened. But...
Theodoret of Cyrus or Cyrrhus (Greek: Θεοδώρητος Κύρρου; c. AD 393 – c. 458/466) was an influential theologian of the School of Antioch, biblical commentator, and Christian bishop of Cyrrhus (423–457).
The real presence as a fact. According to the teaching of theology a revealed fact can be proved solely by recurrence to the sources of faith, viz. Scripture and Tradition, with which is also bound up the infallible magisterium of the Church. Proof from Scripture.
Theodoret was an exceedingly prolific author and a consummate stylist. Marked by the challenge to develop a more solid Christian literature by building upon and adapting preexisting Greek literary culture, his wide range of writings is matched only by the breadth of his vision.
Because of the denials and doubts of the Protestant Reformers about the Mass, the Eucharist and the Real Presence, the Council of Trent (1545-1563) took up each of these questions and laid out for all the official, infallible teaching of the Church.
