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For when the Greeks, having arrested the slaves of Christian catechumens, then used force against them, in order to learn from them some secret thing practiced among Christians, these slaves, having nothing to say that would meet the wishes of their tormentors, except that they had heard from their masters that the divine communion was the body and blood of Christ, and imagining that it was actually flesh and blood, gave their inquisitors answer to that effect. That these latter, assuming such to be the case with regard to the practices of Christians, gave information regarding it to other Greeks, and sought to compel the martyrs Sanctus and Blandina to confess, under the influence of torture, that the allegation was correct. To these men Blandina replied very admirably in these words: "How should those person endure such accusations, who, for the sake of the practice of piety, did not avail themselves even of the flesh that was permitted them to eat?" - Fragments from the Lost Writings of Iraneus XIII.

Now those oblations are not according to the law, the handwriting which the Lord took away from the midst by canceling it; but they are according to the Spirit, for we must worship God "in spirit and in truth." And therefore the oblation of the Eucharist is not a carnal one, but a spiritual; and in this respect it is pure. For we make an oblation to God of the bread and the cup of blessing, giving Him thanks in that He has commanded the earth to bring for these fruits for our nourishment. And then, we when we have perfected the oblation, we invoke the Holy Spirit, that He may exhibit this sacrifice, both the bread the body of Christ, and the cup the blood of Christ, in order that the receivers of these antitypes may obtain remission of sins and life eternal. - Fragments from the Lost Writings of Iraneus XXXVII.

John 6:35 And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.	John 6:40 And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.	John 6:54 whoso eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.
he that	that every one which	whoso
cometh to me	seeth the Son,	eateth my flesh,
and	and	and
believeth on me	believeth on him,	drinketh my blood;
shall never hunger shall never thirst	may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day	hath eternal life and I will raise him up at the last day