Let it be borne in mind that the partaking of the body of Christ in the Lord’s supper is absolutely independent of any action of any priest or minister. It is utterly useless to spend time arguing (what is true enough) that the priest has not the power to change the bread into the body of Christ; for the Scripture tells us that it is that already. “This is My body.” There is no magic whatever about the matter. It is simple fact. The bread is the body of Christ, because His Word, which is His life, is the source whence everything comes, and is the life of everything. EVCO 254.2