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The Bread of Life: Or Saint Thomas Aquinas on the Adorable Sacrament of the Altar (Illustrated)

Saint Thomas Aquinas

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Author: Saint Thomas Aquinas

  • 35 chapters
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  • 92,203 words
  • ≈ 709 min read
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    Table of Contents

    1‘To The Rev. Father Rawes, S.T.D.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 3 min
    2Preface To The Servants Of The Holy Ghost
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 10 min
    3I About the three reasons for the institution of the Sacrament of the Body of Christ
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 17 min
    4II About the first reason for the institution of the Holy Sacrament, that is, the remembrance of our Saviour
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 15 min
    5III About the second reason for the institution of the Sacrament of the Eucharist, that is to say, the Sacrifice of the
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 19 min
    6IV About the excellence of our Sacrifice
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 14 min
    7V About the third reason for the institution of the Blessed Sacrament, namely, that it may be the food of man
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 17 min
    8VI About the other two reasons why our Lord gives us His Body as food
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 16 min
    9VII About the manner of the gift, that is, why our Lord is given to us veiled in this Holy Sacrament
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 14 min
    10VIII About the other two reasons why our Lord’s Body is veiled
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 17 min
    11IX About the form of the gift, by which it is given under the appearance of bread
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 15 min
    12X About the form of the gift, namely, that it is given under the appearance of wheaten bread
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 15 min
    13XI About the three miracles that are wrought in consecration
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 22 min
    14XII About the third miracle wrought in consecration
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 14 min
    15XIII About the three miracles in the possession of our Lord’s Body
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 23 min
    16XIV About the three miracles in receiving the Body of our Lord
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 24 min
    17XV About our preparation for Holy Communion
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 22 min
    18XVI About our preparation for Communion, as to the third point, that is, the Paschal lamb
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 22 min
    19XVII About the threefold manner of eating; and first about the sacramental manner only
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 20 min
    20XVIII About the third kind of unworthy eaters, that is, the presumptuous
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 20 min
    21XIX About the second manner of eating, namely, that which is only spiritual
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 31 min
    22XX About the third way of eating, or the way sacramental and spiritual at once
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 30 min
    23XXI About the twelve effects or fruits of the Body of Jesus which have power against our twelve evils: and now about the
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 20 min
    24XXII About the second four fruits of the Body of Jesus
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 24 min
    25XXIII About the third four fruits of the Body of Jesus
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 26 min
    26XXIV About the three chief effects of our Lord’s Body
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 23 min
    27XXV About three effects of the Body of Jesus, taken from three of its names
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 27 min
    28XXVI About three other effects of our Lord’s Body, taken from three other of its names
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 19 min
    29XXVII About the consideration of the Blood of Jesus in three ways; and here about the first way, as that Blood was shed
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 23 min
    30XXVIII About the two other things to be noted with regard to the preciousness of the Blood of Jesus
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 23 min
    31XXIX About the Blood of Jesus in the second way, that is, as received in the most Holy Sacrament
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 21 min
    32XXX Of the third point about the Blood of Jesus, that is, the usefulness of this Blood when worthily received
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 25 min
    33XXXI About the Blood of Jesus taken in the third way, that is, as it is spiritually drunk by the faithful
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 28 min
    34XXXII Of the threefold draught of the Blood of Jesus
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 44 min
    35CONTENTS
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min

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