[Pelayo]

am the door, I am the light, I am the good shepherd, I am the true vine, was he literally those objects, or were they metaphors, and how could you distinguish between them?

Actually He is a shepherd, as to the other stuff well where in the Bible did he point out a door on a building, and say I am that Door, all how wish to be saved should enter? Or where in the Bible did He point out a vine along the road, and say I am that Vine?

In a sense He is all these, however only the Eucharist did he fully explain.

[the808bass]

In a sense He is all these, however only the Eucharist did he fully explain.

So if you don't explain something, it's a metaphor. But if you fully explain it, it becomes reality? hmmm

Further, do visual aids mean something is literally true? And the absence of visual aids mean something is metaphorical?

[JHavard]

In a sense He is all these, however only the Eucharist did he fully explain.

He fully explained the others also, but he still didn't turn into a vine.:-)