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Since the earliest times of the world before Christ, God began to sprinkle prophetic signs in the history of the Jewish people of what was to come. Wi...

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Gregory of Nyssa was born into a family of high achievers. His brother was Basil the Great; his sister was Macrina the Younger. In Gregory’s young life, however, he was something of a disappointment. It’s not that he was a sinner or unbeliever, but he seemed to lack the holy ambition and drive that were characteristic of his older siblings. Basil often reprimanded him as a bumbler. But at Basil’s death Gregory came into his own and suddenly emerged a major player on the world scene—a ma...

PART 6 FAVOR WITH GOD AND MAN 7                                                                    WHAT DID THE CHURCH FATHERS BELIEVE CONCERNING THE ELEMENTS OF COMMUNION?   In this chapter, we will look at the writings by the Church Fathers that relate to the elements of communion. This topic will be consolidated under the word transubstantiation, the doctrine of which was formulated at the Council of Trent (a council of the Roman Catholic Church that defi...