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Dialogue with Trypho 41.3

Justin Martyr · Dialogue with Trypho · ca. 155–160 · Rome · Read in context

Summary: Malachi's pure sacrifice in every place is the Eucharist of the Gentile church.

Greek text · Archambault 1:184

Περὶ δὲ τῶν ἐν παντὶ τόπῳ ὑφʼ ἡμῶν τῶν ἐθνῶν προσφερομένων αὐτῷ θυσιῶν, τουτέστι τοῦ ἄρτου τῆς εὐχαριστίας καὶ τοῦ ποτηρίου ὁμοίως τῆς εὐχαριστίας, προλέγει τότε, εἰπὼν καὶ τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ δοξάζειν ἡμᾶς, ὑμᾶς δὲ βεβηλοῦν.

English · Claude translation

“And concerning the sacrifices offered to him in every place by us of the nations, that is, the bread of the Eucharist and likewise the cup of the Eucharist, he foretells then, saying also that we glorify his name, but you profane it.

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Source
Archambault 1:184 · Georges Archambault, ed., Justin: Dialogue avec Tryphon, 2 vols., Textes et documents pour l'étude historique du christianisme 8, 11 (Paris: Picard, 1909) · Greek text: G. Archambault, Justin: Dialogue avec Tryphon (Paris, 1909), digitized by the Perseus Digital Library and published by the First Thousand Years of Greek project (Open Greek and Latin), CC BY-SA 4.0
Text
As printed in Archambault. Manuscript variants and the editor's apparatus are not reproduced; no textual problem is noted in this passage.
Translation
Claude translation (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 · Translated by Claude from the Greek text of Archambault (1909); made independently of existing English translations.
Compare
Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1 (1885) (an older public-domain English translation, whole volume at CCEL; checked against ours only after ours was made)
Scripture
Topics
Eucharist

Notes

Translation notes

  • An early identification of the Eucharist as the “pure sacrifice” of Mal 1:11 (compare Did. 14.3).

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Justin, Dial. 41.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/41/3/).

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Justin, Dial. 41.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/41/3/).

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