[D-fendr]

I kind of agree with our Orthodox brothers on the quasi-philosophical discussion of the Eucharist per Acquinas. I wish it were not so analyzed as it cannot be known using the tools of reason.

However, I hope they can sympathize with the West and see, per this discussion, how the necessity arises.

[Mad Dawg]

I don't want in any way to take away from the escellence of what aquinas did, but sometimes he does strike me as a kid with a new toy. "Hey, look at what I can do with my new Aristotle that I got for Christmas!

And, yeah, precisely: there's a need for some explanation which deals with some of the misconceptions.

[Kolokotronis]

"However, I hope they can sympathize with the West and see, per this discussion, how the necessity arises."

You Latins care way too much about what your disobedient and obstinate children think! You know what Aquinas is trying to explain and why. So do we. You think to explain The Mystery is important; we don't. "Protestants" often deny the Objective Truth of the Eucharist. We don't care, really, what they believe as long as they leave us and ours alone with our beliefs.