For we [being] many are one bread, [and] one body: for we are all partakers of that one bread.
KJV
Greek original
Louis Segond 1910
Puisqu'il y a un seul pain, nous qui sommes plusieurs, nous formons un seul corps; car nous participons tous à un même pain.
KJV
For we [being] many are one bread, [and] one body: for we are all partakers of that one bread.
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
above ( Q[65], A[3] ). Now that is the sacrament of ecclesiastical unity, according to the Apostle ( 1 Cor. 10:17 ): "We, being many, are one bread, one body, all that partake of one bread and one chalice." Moreover, by Baptism a man becomes a participator in ecclesiastical unity…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
onsecration of the matter. Therefore, it is a twofold sacrament. On the contrary, The Apostle says ( 1 Cor. 10:17 ): "For we, being many, are one bread, one body, all that partake of one bread": from which it is clear that the Eucharist is the sacrament of the Church's unity. But…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
orified, His holy and believing ones." Hence, as he says in his Epistle to Boniface (Pseudo-Beda, in 1 Cor. 10:17 ): "No one should entertain the slightest doubt, that then every one of the faithful becomes a partaker of the body and blood of Christ, when in Baptism he is made a…
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