“It has been proven that the sacraments of the church are more ancient; now realize that they are more powerful. In very fact it is a marvelous thing that God rained manna on the ancestors and they were fed by daily nourishment from heaven. Therefore, it is said, "Humankind has eaten the bread of angels." And yet all t…”
Ambrose of Milan, 4th c. — On the Mysteries 8.47
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49Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead.
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47Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life.
48I am that bread of life.
— John 6:49 —
50This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die.
51I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.