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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
John Chrysostom
"Behold Israel after the flesh: have not they which eat the sacrifices communion with the altar?" Again, from the old covenant he leads them unto this point also. For because they were far beneath the greatness of the things which had been spoken, he persuades them both from former things and from those to which they were accustomed. And he says well, "according to the flesh," as though they themselves were according to the Spirit. …
Theophylact of Ohrid
From the simplest example, learn that what you are doing is communion with idols. He said "Israel according to the flesh," because Christians are according to the spirit. Note this as well: he did not say of the Jews that they are partakers of God, but participants of the altar. For what was consecrated to God was placed upon the altar and burned. But concerning the Body of Christ he expressed it differently: it is a communion of the Body of Christ; for we become not participants of the altar, but partakers of Christ Himself. …
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