A commentary on the epistle to the Ephesians by Charles Hodge ...

CHAP. v. VER. 30. 341
flesh, Christians are literally of one flesh with him.
Calvin did not hold that Christ's body was locally
present in the Lord's Supper, nor that it was received
by the mouth, nor that it was received in any sense
by unbelievers. Ife did hold, however, that the substance of Christ's glorified body, as enthroned in
heaven, was in some miraculous way communicated to
believers together with the bread in that ordinance.
He, therefore, understands the apostle as here referring
to that fact, and asserting that we are members of Christ's
body because the substance of his body is in the Eucharist communicated to us.* There are two objections to
these interpretations:-1. That, according to the com* Dicit nos esse ejus membra, ex carne et ossibus. Primum non est hyperbolica loquutio, sed simplex; deinde non tantum significat Christum esse
naturae nostrae participem, sed altius quiddam exprimere voluit, iKal 4/(par~L5c6'epeoz. Refert enim Mosis verba, Gen. 2, 24. Quis ergo exit sensus?
quemadmodum Heva ex Adae mariti sui substantia formata est% ut esset
quasi pars illius; ita nos ut simus vera Christi membra, substantiac ejus
communicatione nos coalescere in unum corpus. Denique eam nostri,
cum Christo unionem hic Paulus describit, cujus in sacra coena symbolum et pignus nobis datur... Paulus nos ex membris et ossibus Christi
esse testatur. Miramur ergo si corpus suum in coena fruendum nobis exhibet, ut sit nobis vitae aeternae alimentum? ita ostendimus nullam nos
in coena repraesentationem docere, nisi cujus effectus et veritas hic a
Paulo praedicatur. CALVIN.
On the following verse, he says, Totum autem ex eo pendet quod uxor
ex carne et ex ossibus viri formata est. Eadem ergo unionis ratio inter
nos et Christum, quod se quodammodo in nos transfundit. Neque enim
ossa sumus ex ossibus ejus, et caro ex carne, quia ipse nobiscum est homo;
sed quia Spiritus sui virtute nos in corpus suum inserit, ut vitam ex eo
hlauriamus.