Views During the Second Period (300-750 A.D.): The Doctrine of the Church (30): The Lord’s Supper

VIEWS DURING THE SECOND PERIOD (300-750 A.D.) THE LORD'S SUPPER The Sacrifice by Philip Schaff. The doctrine of the sacrifice of the mass is much further developed in the Nicene and post-Nicene fathers, though amidst many obscurities and theoretical extravagances, and with much wavering between symbolical and grossly realistic conceptions, until in all essential points it is brought to its settlement by Gregory the Great at the close of the sixth century. These points are the following:...