When you twist "In Persona Christi" (In the Person of Christ) into "another Christ" (anti-Christ), you are.
Christ tells us to remember Him when we drink the wine and eat the bread of the Lord's Supper. No alchemy involved. It is spiritual, not physical. We are reborn by the Spirit, not by materialistic odds and ends of this world. That's pagan worship of the creation, and not true worship of the Creator.
See my paragraph on the problem with Catholic-bashers, again.
See my paragraph on the problem with Catholic-bashers, again.
Really? Perhaps the problem lies with the RCC which seems to contradict itself all over the place.
However, you're right to be offended by the title, "another Christ." It is a presumptuous remark and thoroughly demeans Jesus Christ who is the "only Mediator between God and men."
"Another Christ," as you said, is a terrible blasphemy, and anyone who believed such a foul lie will no doubt be held accountable for the error.
But I didn't concoct the label. Father Baker did in this essay which was proudly posted on the Religion Forum several weeks ago by a Catholic poster.
You must have missed it.
The priest is an alter Christus, another Christ. Msgr. Josemaria Escriva put it this way: "What is the identity of the priest? It is the identity of Christ himself." "Simply stated, the Catholic priest is another Christ. Through his ordination he has been granted the amazing gift of being a channel of divine grace for the eternal salvation of those he come into contact with—both in his official ministry and in his personal life...
I won't even bother discussing the peculiar notion that a mass can be "invalid" by the use of "sweet rolls" instead of "wheat bread."
(Whole-grained or multi-grained?)
This would be hilarious if so many people weren't being deceived by the lie that Christ's sacrifice is supposed to be offered by "another Christ" again and again. As if the first and only sacrifice was not enough and did not pay for the sins of Christ's sheep at the time of His resurrection.
(((shudder)))
Doesn't the magisterium read their Bibles?
From henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool. For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified." -- Hebrews 10:12-14"But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God;
"One offering," which is not to be repeated, for all the sins of His flock fovever.
Your church is in error here, and it's no small grievance.