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1 | John Chrysostom | John 3:5 | Dalcent | 134593 | ||
Are you a visiting rationalist? How can it be impossible for anyone to eat the flesh of the Lord and drink His blood. God does what he pleases. Consider, 1Co 11:27 Whoever, therefore, eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of profaning the body and blood of the Lord. If the bread and wine are only symbolic how can eating it unworthily PROFANE the body and blood of the Lord? Justin the Martyr and indeed other martyrs of the period clearly taught this (as does scripture). Are the Christian martyrs, the seed of the Church, false teachers? Regards Dalcent |
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2 | John Chrysostom | John 3:5 | Searcher56 | 134597 | ||
Did you ever eat the flesh of the Lord and drink His blood ... or did you eat the bread or drinks the cup? To say the latter is the former is not correct, they are just symbols. When one says otherwise, I have an issue. | ||||||
3 | John Chrysostom | John 3:5 | Dalcent | 134598 | ||
I just go by the words of Christ: Joh 6:55 For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. |
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4 | Do you literally eat His flesh? | John 3:5 | Searcher56 | 134647 | ||
Do you literally eat His flesh? If so where is it kept until you eat it? Does it change form? If so how? | ||||||
5 | Do you literally eat His flesh? | John 3:5 | Dalcent | 134685 | ||
Hi there Searcher, I'll try to answer: Do we literally eat His flesh? Well, my dictonary defines 'literally' as 'in exact accordance with the limited meaning of the text' or 'dull, factually, prosaic' so I guess there's more to it than merely literally. Yes, Jesus is mysteriously REALLY present in the Eucharist, even more so than when 2 or 3 are gathered together in his name, or as he inhabits the praises of his peoples, or as he is present with us always unto the end of the age! Do you believe that all Christians are literally, spiritually or mysteriously the body of Christ. Probably 'mysteriously' best describes all these things and is certainly a word used in Scripture. Does it change form? No it does NOT change form, shape, colour, texture. Neither did you when you became the Temple of the Holy Spirit. Also you are REALLY the Temple of the Holy Spirit. (I don't like the expression 'spiritually' for any of the above because it can be easily distorted into allergorically, metaphorically, etc.) If so how? When it is blessed and the God who created the universe by his mere word changes it, following Mat 26:26 Now as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and after blessing it broke it and gave it to the disciples, and said, "Take, eat; this is my body." If so where is it kept until you eat it? Usually the communion species is distributed and consumed immediately and usually at every service, following Act 2:42 And they devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers. However, Catholic and Orthodox churches normally retain the bread and/or wine containing the real presence of Christ in a tabernacle at the back of the church (this could be given to the dying in a hurry) but the main reason is that the presence of God dwell in the Church in a particularly powerful way. This is following Mat 23:21 'And whoever swears by the temple swears by it and by him who dwells in it,': verse that shows the Jews had an understanding that the Lord dwelt with them in the Temple; I think this was in the Ark or similar. You may care to research exactly what the 'Bread of the Presence' in the OT was or meant, as it is related to our topic of the real presence of Christ in the bread of the eucharist. (Hebrews 9:2 Bread of the Presence ) Obviously God ALSO dwells in heaven then as now. I hope this helps you understand Catholic understanding of the Eucharist, held by all Christians everywhere for 1500 years. If you want to read a more detailed account by an expert then I would recommend the following link: http://www.catholic.com/library/Christ_in_the_Eucharist.asp Your brother in Christ, Dalcent http://www.catholic.com/library/Christ_in_the_Eucharist.asp |
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