Dude, you couldn't more off base with that statement. The Mass has nothing to do with my salvation.
Dude, you couldn't more off base with that statement. The Mass has nothing to do with my salvation.
You prove my point, thank you. Protestants do not believe in a "church" that is necessary in the way Catholics view the "church."
So why does it bother you all so much that Catholics accurately discern between their definition of "church" and that held by others?
pectech:
The Mass has nothing to do with my salvation.
Jesus:
“Unless you eat of my flesh and drink of my blood, you shall not have life within you.”
Paul:
“The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ?”
Luke:
“And [Jesus] took bread, and gave thanks, and brake [it], and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me; Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, This cup [is] the new testament in my blood, which is shed for you.”
Sorry, pctech, but the bible is quite clear: the “mass”, as the partaking of the bread and wine is now called, is the form of the salvific covenant.
Because, in your “church”, you don’t believe that, it is very plain that your “church” does not mean the same thing when it calls itself a “church” that the Catholic Church means.