I came across the following quote while reading an excellent article, “The Eucharist As Source of St. Cyril of Alexandria’s Christology” by Ellen Concannon in the latest edition of Pro Ecclesia. Her exposition of the essential relationship between Christology and Eucharist in St. Cyril’s theology is engaging. For Cyril, the life-giving Word in the Eucharist vivifies the Christian person. To separate the Word from the flesh of Christ (Nestorius) or the Eucharist destroys the grace of Christ.

“We proclaim the fleshly death of God’s only-begotten Son, Jesus Christ, we confess his return to life from the dead and his ascension into heaven when we perform in church the unbloody service, when we approach the sacramental gifts and are hallowed participants in the holy flesh and precious blood of Christ, saviour of us all.” Third Letter of Cyril to Nestorious