Question #84
of An Orthodox Catechism
Question
What is it to eat the Body of Christ?
Answer
It is not only to imbrace, by an assured Confidence of Mind, the whole Passion and Death of Christ, and thereby,1 to obtain Forgiveness of Sins, and everlasting Life, but also by the Holy Ghost, who dwelleth both in Christ, and us, so more and more to2 be united to his sacred Body, that though he be3 in Heaven, and we on Earth, yet nevertheless we are Flesh of his Flesh, and Bone of his4 Bones: and as all the Members of the Body are quickned by one Soul: so are we also quickned and5 guided by one and the same Spirit.