ANF06. Fathers of the Third Century: Gregory Thaumaturgus, Dionysius the Great, Julius Africanus, Anatolius, and Minor Writers, Methodius, Arnobius

Topic IX.

If any one says that Christ suffers change or alteration, and refuses to acknowledge that He is unchangeable in the Spirit, though corruptible⁴¹²

⁴¹² John ii. 20, 21.
in the flesh,⁴¹³

⁴¹³ [Christ’s flesh being incorruptible, transubstantiation cannot be true: the holy food is digested in its material part.]
let him be anathema.

Explication.

How could one say that Christ suffers change or alteration, when the Lord Himself says, “I am and change not;”⁴¹⁴

⁴¹⁴ Mal. iii. 6.
again, “His soul shall not be left in Hades, neither shall His flesh see corruption?”⁴¹⁵

⁴¹⁵ Ps. xvi. 10; Acts ii. 31.
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