ACC ~ 1 Corinthians 10 v20

THEY OFFER TO DEMONS, NOT TO GOD. CYRIL OF JERUSALEM: For as the bread and wine of the Eucharist before the holy invocation of the adorable Trinity were ordinary bread and wine, while after the invocation the bread becomes the body of Christ and the wine becomes his blood, so these foods of the pomp of Satan, though of their own nature ordinary food, become profane through the invocation of evil spirits. MYSTAGOGICAL LECTURE 1.7.

WHAT PAGANS SACRIFICE. AMBROSIASTER: Paul is saying that beneath the surface of the idol there is a demonic power which is out to corrupt faith in the one God. COMMENTARY ON PAUL’S EPISTLES.

UNCLEANNESS NOT IN THE FOOD AS SUCH. CHRYSOSTOM: This is the reason why we should not eat food which has been sacrificed to idols. The uncleanness is not in the food but in the intentions of the sacrificers and the attitude of the receivers. HOMILIES ON THE EPISTLES OF PAUL TO THE CORINTHIANS 24.5.

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