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¶ 1331

Holy Communion, because by this Sacrament we unite Ourselves to Christ, who makes us Sharers in his Body and Blood to form a Single body. 149 We also call it: the holy things (ta hagia; sancta) 150 - the first Meaning of the phrase "commUnion of Saints" in the Apostles' Creed - the Bread of Angels, bread from heaven, medicine of immortality, 151 viaticum....

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