--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: [It is appropriate that the Body and…" description: "\"[It is appropriate that the Body and Blood of Christ be truly present in this Sacrament] because of the perfection of the New Covenant. The sacrifices ..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/648/thomas-aquinas-837_appropriate_it-is-appropriate-that-the-body-and-bloo_1633205.jpg" --- # \[It is appropriate that the Body and Blood of Christ be… ![“[It is appropriate that the Body and Blood of Christ be truly present in this Sacrament] because of the perfection of the New Covenant. The sacrifices of the Old Covenant contained the true sacrifice of Christ's Passion only in symbol…Therefore it was necessary that the sacrifice of the New…” quote by Thomas Aquinas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/648/thomas-aquinas-837_appropriate_it-is-appropriate-that-the-body-and-bloo_1633205.jpg) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/648/thomas-aquinas-837_appropriate_it-is-appropriate-that-the-body-and-bloo_1633205.jpg) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/648/thomas-aquinas-837_appropriate_it-is-appropriate-that-the-body-and-bloo_1633205.jpg) > “\[It is appropriate that the Body and Blood of Christ be truly present in this Sacrament\] because of the perfection of the New Covenant. The sacrifices of the Old Covenant contained the true sacrifice of Christ's Passion only in symbol…Therefore it was necessary that the sacrifice of the New Covenant, instituted by Christ, have something more, namely, that it contain Christ Himself who has suffered and contain Him not only in symbol but in reality.” [Thomas Aquinas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-aquinas/) ## About This Quote This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation. The New Covenant makes Christ present truly in the Eucharist, not merely symbolically. **In simple terms:** Christ is truly present in the sacrament. Key Takeaway Recognize the depth of the rite. Themes faith sacraments presence Mood reverent contemplative Type theological spiritual When to use this quote - Mass celebration - personal devotion - theological study - ecumenical dialogue Key Concepts real presence symbolism covenant theology Questions to Reflect On - How does this belief shape worship? - What is the role of symbolism? A Different Perspective Interpretations vary across denominations. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet [Appropriate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/appropriate/) [Blood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/blood/) [Body](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/body/) [Christ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/christ/) [Covenant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/covenant/) [Covenant Sacrifices](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/covenant-sacrifices-503281/) [Necessary Sacrifice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/necessary-sacrifice-503282/) [Passion](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/passion/) [Perfection](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/perfection/) [Reality](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/reality/) [Sacraments](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sacraments/) [Sacrifice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sacrifice/) [Sacrifice Christ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sacrifice-christ-503280/) [Symbols](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/symbols/) [True Sacrifice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/true-sacrifice-503283/) ## Related quotes > [“In one word, the great pillar of the Christian's hope is substitution. The vicarious sacrifice of Christ for the guilty, Christ being made sin…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-h-spurgeon/in-one-word-the-great-pillar-of-the-christian-s-hope-is-substitution/) [Charles H. Spurgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-h-spurgeon/) > [I do not appeal to you to screw up your courage and sacrifice for Christ. I appeal to you to renounce all you have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-piper/i-do-not-appeal-to-you-to-screw-up-your-courage-and-sacrifice-for/) [John Piper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-piper/) > [The heart of the gospel is redemption, and the essence of redemption is the substitutionary sacrifice of Christ.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-spurgeon/the-heart-of-the-gospel-is-redemption-and-the-essence-of-redemption/) [Charles Spurgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-spurgeon/) > [“Some priests unfaithful to the "memory" of Jesus insist more on the festive aspect and the fraternal dimension of the Mass than on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-sarah/some-priests-unfaithful-to-the-memory-of-jesus-insist-more-on-the/) [Robert Sarah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-sarah/) > [“in any other way because it is the ultimate drama, the most moving ending possible. Lifting up the substitutionary sacrifice of Christ is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-keller/in-any-other-way-because-it-is-the-ultimate-drama-the-most-moving/) [Timothy Keller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-keller/) > [What I realized was that CrossFit wasn't what defined me as a human being, it was the sacrifice that Christ made for me and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rich-froning-jr/what-i-realized-was-that-crossfit-wasn-t-what-defined-me-as-a-human/) [Rich Froning Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rich-froning-jr/) > [It wasn't necessary to win for the story to be great, it was only necessary to sacrifice everything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-miller/it-wasn-t-necessary-to-win-for-the-story-to-be-great-it-was-only/) [Donald Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-miller/) > [“Few people ever have an abundance of choice of occupation. But what matters is that we have some choice, that we are not absolutely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-august-von-hayek/few-people-ever-have-an-abundance-of-choice-of-occupation-but-what/) [Friedrich August von Hayek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/friedrich-august-von-hayek/) > [Sometimes, it is necessary to sacrifice your dreams for the sake of others.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/sometimes-it-is-necessary-to-sacrifice-your-dreams-for-the-sake-of/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [“A shadow passes over her face, but she shakes it off fast as she leans forward, her bright-blue hair swinging over her shoulder and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erica-cameron/a-shadow-passes-over-her-face-but-she-shakes-it-off-fast-as-she-leans/) [Erica Cameron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erica-cameron/) > [So far as I am concerned I have no doctrinaire belief in free speech. In the interest of the war it is necessary to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-lippmann/so-far-as-i-am-concerned-i-have-no-doctrinaire-belief-in-free-speech/) [Walter Lippmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-lippmann/) > [“I am not a terrorist. The death of the innocent is not something I take pleasure in—unlike you people. But hard choices must be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-england/i-am-not-a-terrorist-the-death-of-the-innocent-is-not-something-i/) [Stephen England](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-england/) > [Art is a kind of innate drive that seizes a human being and makes him its instrument. To perform this difficult office it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/art-is-a-kind-of-innate-drive-that-seizes-a-human-being-and-makes-him-2/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [I take toleration to be a part of religion. I do not know which I would sacrifice; I would keep them both: it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edmund-burke/i-take-toleration-to-be-a-part-of-religion-i-do-not-know-which-i/) [Edmund Burke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edmund-burke/) > [Baptism by immersion for the remission of sins is an essential covenant to make with the Lord. Faith and repentance precede this ordinance. Confirmation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-theodore-tuttle/baptism-by-immersion-for-the-remission-of-sins-is-an-essential/) [A. Theodore Tuttle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-theodore-tuttle/) ## More by Thomas Aquinas > [Grace does not destroy nature, it perfects it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-aquinas/grace-does-not-destroy-nature-it-perfects-it/) [Thomas Aquinas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-aquinas/) > [Justice is in subjects as well as in rulers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-aquinas/justice-is-in-subjects-as-well-as-in-rulers/) [Thomas Aquinas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-aquinas/) > [“A capacity as such is directed to an act. Wherefore we seek to know the nature of a capacity from the act to which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-aquinas/a-capacity-as-such-is-directed-to-an-act-wherefore-we-seek-to-know/) [Thomas Aquinas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-aquinas/) > [“Yet no-one can say that God has not a Word, for it would follow that God is most foolish.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-aquinas/yet-no-one-can-say-that-god-has-not-a-word-for-it-would-follow-that/) [Thomas Aquinas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-aquinas/) > [Unbelief is the greatest of sins.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-aquinas/unbelief-is-the-greatest-of-sins/) [Thomas Aquinas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-aquinas/) > [If forgers and malefactors are put to death by the secular power, there is much more reason for excommunicating and even putting to death…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-aquinas/if-forgers-and-malefactors-are-put-to-death-by-the-secular-power/) [Thomas Aquinas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-aquinas/) > [When fear is excessive it can make many a man despair.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-aquinas/when-fear-is-excessive-it-can-make-many-a-man-despair/) [Thomas Aquinas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-aquinas/) > [Now, nothing can be brought from potentiality to actual existence except through something actually existing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-aquinas/now-nothing-can-be-brought-from-potentiality-to-actual-existence/) [Thomas Aquinas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-aquinas/) > [To convert somebody go and take them by the hand and guide them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-aquinas/to-convert-somebody-go-and-take-them-by-the-hand-and-guide-them/) [Thomas Aquinas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-aquinas/) > [ By the divine providence \[animals\] are intended for man's use... Hence it is not wrong for man to make use of them, either by… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-aquinas/by-the-divine-providence-animals-are-intended-for-man-s-use-hence-it/) [Thomas Aquinas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-aquinas/) > [“What causes love, since it is a passion, is its object; and since it is a sort of affinity or agreement with the object,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-aquinas/what-causes-love-since-it-is-a-passion-is-its-object-and-since-it-is/) [Thomas Aquinas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-aquinas/) > [The image of God always abides in the soul, whether this image be obsolete and clouded over as to amount to almost nothing; or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-aquinas/the-image-of-god-always-abides-in-the-soul-whether-this-image-be/) [Thomas Aquinas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-aquinas/) > [Charity, by which God and neighbor are loved, is the most perfect friendship.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-aquinas/charity-by-which-god-and-neighbor-are-loved-is-the-most-perfect/) [Thomas Aquinas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-aquinas/) > [Beauty adds to goodness a relation to the cognitive faculty: so that "good" means that which simply pleases the appetite; while the "beautiful" is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-aquinas/beauty-adds-to-goodness-a-relation-to-the-cognitive-faculty-so-that/) [Thomas Aquinas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-aquinas/) > [“God is not, like creatures, made up of parts. God is spirit, without bodily dimensions. Firstly, no body can cause change without itself being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-aquinas/god-is-not-like-creatures-made-up-of-parts-god-is-spirit-without/) [Thomas Aquinas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-aquinas/) [Explore all 357 Thomas Aquinas quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-aquinas/) ## More Appropriate quotes > [“Appropriate is overrated.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-w-kohlhagen/appropriate-is-overrated/) [Steven W. Kohlhagen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-w-kohlhagen/) > [I was for many years myself a journalist and it is not appropriate to say a programme should not be broadcast.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-monckton/i-was-for-many-years-myself-a-journalist-and-it-is-not-appropriate-to/) [Christopher Monckton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-monckton/) > [I don't think 'This Means War' is an appropriate picture to do in 3-D.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mcg/i-don-t-think-this-means-war-is-an-appropriate-picture-to-do-in-3-d/) [McG](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mcg/) > [There is no single best kind of death. A good death is one that is "appropriate" for that person. It is a death in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwin-s-shneidman/there-is-no-single-best-kind-of-death-a-good-death-is-one-that-is/) [Edwin S. Shneidman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edwin-s-shneidman/) > [Persons who have cleansed themselves of any transgression and who have shown their ability to deal with homosexual inclinations and put them in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dallin-h-oaks/persons-who-have-cleansed-themselves-of-any-transgression-and-who/) [Dallin H. Oaks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dallin-h-oaks/) > [ \[T\]he appropriate form of address between man and man ought to be, not monsieur, sir, but fellow sufferer, compagnon de miseres. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-schopenhauer/t-he-appropriate-form-of-address-between-man-and-man-ought-to-be-not/) [Arthur Schopenhauer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-schopenhauer/) > [I would not, under any circumstances, try to impose my personal faith and belief on the rest of the country. I don't think that's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-edwards/i-would-not-under-any-circumstances-try-to-impose-my-personal-faith/) [John Edwards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-edwards/) > [I have no policy, for or against: only a personal style. Which is to say, I use them when I think it's appropriate to;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-stross/i-have-no-policy-for-or-against-only-a-personal-style-which-is-to-say/) [Charles Stross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-stross/) > [While the intelligence profession oftentimes demands secrecy, it is critically important that there be a full and open discourse on intelligence matters with the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-o-brennan/while-the-intelligence-profession-oftentimes-demands-secrecy-it-is/) [John O. Brennan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-o-brennan/) > [Computer Science is a science of abstraction -creating the right model for a problem and devising the appropriate mechanizable techniques to solve it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-aho/computer-science-is-a-science-of-abstraction-creating-the-right-model/) [Alfred Aho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-aho/) > [For Father's Day, my kids always give me a bottle of cologne called English Leather. It's appropriate! To them I always smell like a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-orben/for-father-s-day-my-kids-always-give-me-a-bottle-of-cologne-called/) [Robert Orben](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-orben/) > [As Mayor, I will fully support my Arts Commission and its professional selection committees so that they can commission a full range of public…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gavin-newsom/as-mayor-i-will-fully-support-my-arts-commission-and-its-professional/) [Gavin Newsom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gavin-newsom/) > [I'm very sensitive in real life. I cannot not cry if someone around me is crying. I will start to cry if someone is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-chastain/i-m-very-sensitive-in-real-life-i-cannot-not-cry-if-someone-around-me/) [Jessica Chastain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-chastain/) > [Hate demands existence, and he who hates has to show his hate in appropriate actions and behaviors; in a sense, he has to become…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frantz-fanon/hate-demands-existence-and-he-who-hates-has-to-show-his-hate-in/) [Frantz Fanon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frantz-fanon/) > [A reader does not suddenly comprehend what is being read or studied, in a snap, miraculously. Comprehension needs to be worked forged, by those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-freire/a-reader-does-not-suddenly-comprehend-what-is-being-read-or-studied/) [Paulo Freire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-freire/) [Browse all 1,130 Appropriate quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/appropriate/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "[It is appropriate that the Body and Blood of Christ be truly present in this Sacrament] because of the perfection of the New Covenant. The sacrifices of the Old Covenant contained the true sacrifice of Christ's Passion only in symbol…Therefore it was necessary that the sacrifice of the New Covenant, instituted by Christ, have something more, namely, that it contain Christ Himself who has suffered and contain Him not only in symbol but in reality.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Thomas Aquinas" }, "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-aquinas/it-is-appropriate-that-the-body-and-blood-of-christ-be-truly-present/", "about": { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Appropriate" }, "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-aquinas/it-is-appropriate-that-the-body-and-blood-of-christ-be-truly-present/#quotation", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/648/thomas-aquinas-837_appropriate_it-is-appropriate-that-the-body-and-bloo_1633205.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/648/thomas-aquinas-837_appropriate_it-is-appropriate-that-the-body-and-bloo_1633205.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/648/thomas-aquinas-837_appropriate_it-is-appropriate-that-the-body-and-bloo_1633205.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“[It is appropriate that the Body and Blood of Christ be truly present in this Sacrament] because of the…” — Thomas Aquinas", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } }, { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Quotes", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Thomas Aquinas", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-aquinas/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "[It is appropriate that the Body...", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-aquinas/it-is-appropriate-that-the-body-and-blood-of-christ-be-truly-present/" } ], "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-aquinas/it-is-appropriate-that-the-body-and-blood-of-christ-be-truly-present/#breadcrumb" }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "publisher": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } }, { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png", "width": 512, "height": 512 } } ] } ```