For as often as you eat this bread, and drink this cup, you do show the Lord's death till he comes.
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The Apostolic Constitutions
AD 375
We also, our Father, thank Thee for the precious blood of Jesus Christ, which was shed for us and for His precious body, whereof we celebrate this representation, as Himself appointed us, "to show forth His death."