Posted on 07/19/2016 2:43:06 PM PDT by NYer
At the Last Supper, Jesus commanded the 12 Apostles to “do this in remembrance of me.”
The “this” is the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, also called the Divine Liturgy by Eastern Rite Catholics.
When Christianity was new, misunderstood and outlawed, Saint Justin Martyr, one of the first Christian philosophers who understood Greek thought and Christian doctrine to be compatible, defended Christian doctrine and liturgical practices from secular political power, claiming Christians should not be persecuted. In his Apology, a detailed written defense of Christianity, one of the earliest descriptions of the Catholic Mass is found.
“And this food is called among us Eucharistia [the Eucharist], of which no one is allowed to partake but the man who believes that the things which we teach are true, and who has been washed with the washing that is for the remission of sins, and unto regeneration, and who is so living as Christ has enjoined.
For not as common bread and common drink do we receive these; but in like manner as Jesus Christ our Savior, having been made flesh by the Word of God, had both flesh and blood for our salvation, so likewise have we been taught that the food which is blessed by the prayer of His word, and from which our blood and flesh by transmutation are nourished, is the flesh and blood of that Jesus who was made flesh.” – (First Apology, 66)
Nowadays, many non-Catholic Christians claim the Mass is not biblical, denying it was the belief and practice of the early Church. However, Justin explained the Mass in its essence, as taught by Christ and handed down to His Apostles, as early as the mid-2nd century. The short video below, originally shared by CatholicCompany, will give you the highlights of his argument, but you could also read the full First Apology here.
The Mass in A.D. 155: St. Justin Martyr describes the early Christian
You mean that you are still praying to created beings in Heaven, which is utterly unseen in that which the Holy Spirit inspired, except among pagans, and despite approx. 200 prayers to Heaven being recorded, and with multitudes in Heaven to whom believers could pray to. And you advertise this pagan practice as something you do?
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And instead, it is the word of God that man is to live by:
But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. (Matthew 4:4)
And is what is said to be "milk," and "meat:"
As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby: (1 Peter 2:2)
For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat. (Hebrews 5:12)
And which is said to "nourish" souls:
If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished up in the words of faith and of good doctrine, whereunto thou hast attained. (1 Timothy 4:6)
And to build them up:
And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified. (Acts 20:32)
You’re right. I’ll go ahead and join a homosexual “marriage” endorsing, pro-infanticide Protestant church instead. Bye Felicia!
That is simply a logical fallacy, a false dichotomy, an either-or argument which ignore another alternative. The fact is that those who most strongly uphold Scripture as the wholly inspired and accurate word of God are the most conservative believers, while such is a minority among Caths, and in reality those who are "homosexual “marriage” endorsing, pro-infanticide" souls can feel at home being Catholic (ask Teddy K), while such scorn conservative evangelical churches. Which elitist Rome does not even consider worthy of the propr name "church." To her own damnation.
Check out this hot mess that’s not Catholic: http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3452237/posts
Also, you apparently did’t get the pop cult reference so I’ll post it again: Bye Felicia!
Which is simply more fallacious vain argumentation, which again attempts to negate conservative Scripture-centric faith by invoking that which is not, but which you equate since both are called "Protestant," the meaning of which one-size-fits-all term that is so broad that you could fly a Unitarian Scientology Swedenborgian Mormon 747 thru it!
Your argument would only be valid if I was promoting a particular faith/church as the superior one but it was largely liberal. Which is exactly what RCs do, and once again you ignore the variegated nature of Catholic faith, in which you must count even proabortion, prosodomite proMuslim politicians as brethren, since your church treats such as members in life and in death, and papal teaching states that the one basic duty of RCs is to simply follow the pastors.
Bless your heart, still not getting the pop cult!
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