The Eucharist of Jesus Christ

The Gospel of John, Chapter Six, The Holy Bible ^ | October 2, AD 2002 | the_doc

[philman_36]

Will you?
If I were a child (alter boy) indoctrinated into a series of religous observances I probably would, without a second thought. Why would the priest tell me something that wasn't true.
But you aren't posing your hypothetical to an unwitting child.
You thinking of trying it out? Some warped thoughts you've got going there.

[Neenah]

I guess I didn't explain myself clearly. I was actually agreeing with your post 1169. To believe that the host and wine become the actual body and blood of Christ, is a lie. A lie that many believe without thinking.

Christ never instituted that words be said over unleavened bread , or wine, and they would be transformed. You know that , as do I.

To illustrate that, I proposed the question of poison being put into the wine. If it is the now pure blood of Christ, then the poison would be nullified, right? So if the faithful actually believe that the wine is by transubstantiation the blood of Christ, then they would drink it without a second thought.

My point was to make people think if they REALLY believed it literally, or if it was just a symbolic gesture. I wanted whoever read it to think. I am no longer, but was Catholic, and I was taught that when the priest blessed that wine, it becomes the actual blood of Christ.

I thank God for His Word, for in that, and that alone is there truth. Hope I explained it better.

I never post on these kinds of threads, because I would rather only speak if asked. I guess when it comes to many things in the Catholic Church, because I lived them...it got the better of me, and I posted. If anyone is reading here, they know how to find answers...His Word..not my word or anyone else's. He left us a letter, to be opened and read. He gave His Holy Spirit to desern truth, but more than that, He gave Himself.

[philman_36]

...I was taught that when the priest blessed that wine, it becomes the actual blood of Christ.
Oops, sorry. Hope I didn't come off as too critical. You don't have the mind of a child either as you figured it out as wrong.
Lev. 17 is a very good reference. No animal blood (Lev. 17:13). If we are to abstain from animal blood how much more so should we abstain from human blood. It just doesn't compute.