As then real flesh was created by the Holy Spirit without sexual union, so by the same Holy Spirit the substance of bread and wine are consecrated into the Body and Blood of Christ. And because this consecration is made by the Lords word, it is added, “He blessed.”
[ed. note: This passage is quoted in the Bodl. MS. and early editions of the Cat., as ‘Augustinus in Verb. Dom.’ Gratian also (de Cons. d. ii. 72.) gives it as Augustine’s, but the earliest author in whom it is found is Paschasius Radbertus, Abbot of Corbey, and a well-known writer of the ninth century, ‘De Corpore et Sanguine Dom.’ 4.]
Reproduced in full. Translation: Oxford 1841 (Newman), public domain (Public domain).