Posted on 02/24/2005 7:06:21 PM PST by wagglebee
You've got to be kidding. Even God the Father told Moses, I am the great "I am."
Many times these days, I just don't know what to believe. Many non-Catholics do not understand what that "wafer" is. Beware of those who just want to stir up trouble for trouble's sake. Keep your cool. God will sort it out.
It occurs to me that if communion in the hand were prohibited as it rightfully should, it would be much less difficult to blaspheme the eucharist, either in real lifeor on TV. Anyone with any respect for the Eucharist ought to receive on the tongue...
Ah c'mon Joey. You take it in your hand and put it on your tongue...right there on the spot.
Even to us Episcopalians, the host represents the body of Christ, at least symbolically.
And there lies the difference.
So, then despoiling churches, defecating on images of Christ trampling the bones of saints, raping nuns, wearing priests' body parts as trophys, and dumping the Body of Christ down a sewer are all perfectly good christian things to do?
Well since you say it, I guess blaming these and similar activites (which accured frequently enough duing the religious wars) on Satan is, I soppose, kinda offensive... but then I didn't realize Protestants wanted all the creedit themselvs.
It's ok to have your own beliefs. It's also ok for Catholics to have theirs.
Why are we trying to explain "wafers" to folks who don't understand what BECOMES of said "wafers"?
I think when there is a wedding or funeral where the priest knows there are a lot of non-Catholics in attendance, he may make an announcement because of the likelihood that somebody may not know about/understand the Catholic practice.
Happens all the time. I've seen it at weddings, funerals, baptisms, etc. We welcome Non-Catholics to our celebrations! The Holy Eucharist is special.
I've been to Clyde and to Conception Abbey. Oh what memories you brought back to me!
Sorry..... any Catholic who thinks Abortion is ok.... is not a Catholic. Abortion is murder, and that's the truth.
Why don't you stick to telling us what your church believes, and let us impart what our Church and we believe. I am willing to concede your Church is probably correct for someone of your demonstrated beliefs. I am also willing to state that my beliefs are correct for me. To come here and denegrate my beliefs, is totally outlandish behavior.
Whatever the differences, we got way bigger fish to fry.
I add my biggest, heartfelt, and TOTAL amen to that!
God forgives our sins, through the priest!
True, but God forgives a truly penitent heart, priest or no. It's not up to us. It's up to the Father!
I'm a Southern Baptist (or at least I used to be) and unless something has changed radically since my youth, Baptists don't see it as the Body of Christ.
And Baptists never will. They believe once you are "Saved" you will go to heaven. After a Baptist is "saved" that person can still fall from grace though his own fault. Baptists don't get that part. IMO
Spanaway Lori, it's unclear what you referring to in the above.
In the event that you are referring to a difference in beliefs about transubstantiation in the Holy Eucharist between Roman Catholics and Anglicans/Episcopalians, please read the following.
There are Episcopalians and Anglicans who believe in the transubstantiation of the Holy Eucharist. There are also other Protestant Christians who believe in the transubstantiation of the Holy Eucharist.
However, Christians who do not believe in the transubstantiation of the Holy Eucharist should not be precluded from their own righteous indignation over the blasphemy discussed in the article about the television show.
After all, the Church's one foundation is Jesus Christ.
kms61 said: "I'm a Southern Baptist (or at least I used to be) and unless something has changed radically since my youth, Baptists don't see it as the Body of Christ."
KMS, not all Evangelical Christians are Southern Baptist. In fact the definition of the word evangelical in Webster's 1913 edition includes reference to the Episcopal church.
Therefore Evangelicals can, and some do believe in the transubstantiation of the Holy Eucharist.
evangelical - definition from gcide Evangelical \E`van*gel"ic*al\, a.
1. Contained in, or relating to, the four Gospels; as, the evangelical history. [1913 Webster]
2. Belonging to, agreeable or consonant to, or contained in, the gospel, or the truth taught in the New Testament; as, evangelical religion. [1913 Webster]
3. Earnest for the truth taught in the gospel; strict in interpreting Christian doctrine; pre["e]minently orthodox; -- technically applied to that party in the Church of England, and in the Protestant Episcopal Church, which holds the doctrine of "Justification by Faith alone;" the Low Church party. The term is also applied to other religious bodies not regarded as orthodox. [1913 Webster]
Didn't mean to imply that one had to be Baptist to be an Evangelical, just correcing the original poster's inference that all Evangelicals do believe in Transubstantiation.
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