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To: rjsimmon; agere_contra

The cannibalsim argument proceeds from a misunderstanding of what substance is. What a cannibal eats is the accidents of a body, not its substance.


39 posted on 07/09/2015 11:39:22 AM PDT by Mad Dawg (In te, Domine, speravi: non confundar in aeternum.)
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To: Mad Dawg
What a cannibal eats is the accidents of a body, not its substance.

A cannibal eats the flesh of its victim. That IS its substance.

41 posted on 07/09/2015 11:40:44 AM PDT by rjsimmon (The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
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I don't think that can be it, Brother.

When we devour food we eat all of it. Both what it truly is - its substance - and also its ephemeral accidents.

The Eucharist is not an act of cannibalism - not because of accidents vs substance, but because We eat Christ.

He is not dead flesh, but uttermost, living reality. He is the true Passover Lamb.

And - like the Jews in Egypt we eat Him to save ourselves from death. We eat of our Saviour, the true Lamb of God who is prefigured in the Passover meal.

46 posted on 07/09/2015 11:55:49 AM PDT by agere_contra (Hamas has dug miles of tunnels - but no bomb-shelters.)
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