Views During the Second Period (300-750 A.D.): The Doctrine of the Church (25): The Lord’s Supper; “The Eucharist” by John of Damascus

Continuing with our article in the previous issue of theStandard Bearer, to the effect that the doctrine of transubstantiation was not the accepted doctrine of the Church during this particular period of the history of the Church, we concluded with the remark that we would quote from Reinhold Seeberg as he has written on Augustine's view of the sacrament of the Lord's Supper. We quote him as follows: "The peculiarities of the separate sacraments may be briefly stated. Continuing with our...