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To: stfassisi
“[T]he bread over which thanks have been given is the body of their Lord, and the cup His blood...” Irenaeus, Against Heresies, IV:18,4 (c. A.D. 200).

So then it is as simple as that -- no bells, no altars, no candles, no vestments, no altar boys, no incense, no liturgies, no genuflections, no incantations, no golden chalices, no tabernacles -- just "giving thanks" over bread and wine.

So then the bread and wine [crackers and grape juice] administered at communion in Baptist, Presbyterian, Evangelical, and other Churches "over which thanks have been given" must, by virtue of the opinion of these fathers, also be the "body and blood of Christ".

So then if these other church leaders began to teach that the bread and wine are the actual body and blood of Christ, they would be accurate and you would have no problem with that, right???

8,251 posted on 10/04/2007 7:44:02 AM PDT by Uncle Chip (TRUTH : Ignore it. Deride it. Allegorize it. Interpret it. But you can't ESCAPE it.)
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To: Uncle Chip

Please ping me if you get a response. Thanks.


8,280 posted on 10/04/2007 4:01:34 PM PDT by Dr. Eckleburg ("I don't think they want my respect; I think they want my submission." - Flemming Rose)
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