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To: aMorePerfectUnion

I do not disagree that error was present by the Nicea Council; indeed, a primary purpose of the council was to squelch the error of Arianism. From what I understand, though, all of the churches attending the council were in agreement that, during the Eucharistic celebration, the bread and wine become the body and blood of Christ.

Do you know of any record that shows there was disagreement on this belief in the early church.


47 posted on 07/24/2016 9:09:06 AM PDT by rwa265
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"Do you know of any record that shows there was disagreement on this belief in the early church."

Yes. Here are three that show disagreement between the Apostles, NT Church and the later church, when they went off the rails and became an earthly religious institution.

The Biblical Record shows no Apostle claiming to turn bread into the physical body of Christ. Nor wine into real blood.
The Biblical Record shows no commands to do this.
The Biblical Record shows no church that taught this.
The Biblical Record shows no examples of this happening.

If God's Inspired Word, delivered to the NT Church during the time of the Apostles doesn't command something that the later Church incorporated via syncretistic paganism, it was not a core teaching of the Apostles.

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The contemporaneous Christian record of art, writings, music, etc., has no recorded example of this belief, nor practice before 100 ad.

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The secular record of art, literature, music, poetry, history, etc., has no example of this belief, nor practice before 100 ad.

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Each of these three records shows unanimity of the Church during the time of the Apostles, that the Lord's Supper was symbolic and a remembrance - not physical consumption of the actual body and blood of the Savior.

Nor is there a such thing as "Eucharistic Worship" in any of the three records before 100 ad.

An objective mind would receive these facts and question any teaching or practice that contradicts the inspired Word of God. Instead, many prefer to cling to a worldly religion that varies from God's revelation.

Kind regards and thank you for a good question.

48 posted on 07/24/2016 9:32:59 AM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion
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To: rwa265
Do you know of any record that shows there was disagreement on this belief in the early church.

Likewise...


Do you know of any record that shows there was agreement on this belief in the early church?

137 posted on 07/26/2016 11:51:09 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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