To: Woodkirk
Martin Luther took the words in a literal sense and, of course, the Eastern churches also believe in the Real Presence. Even Calvin interepreted them in a sense that allowed the "power" of Jesus to be present even if huis person was not. Why accept, as you do, the rationist/reductionist views of the unspiritual Mr. Zwingli, whose primary concern was to get rid of the priesthood.
91 posted on
10/03/2002 12:08:21 PM PDT by
RobbyS
To: RobbyS
There were several things that Luther and Calvin held onto
that came from their years in the Church of Rome that were
not Scriptural -- this being one.
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