[A.A. Cunningham]

Without the Eucharist that one-on-one you tout falls awfully short and that comes straight from Christ Himself.

[jagusafr]

What Christian denomination do you know of that doesn’t celebrate communion? And BTW, Christ said that we’re to remember him whenever we engage in the breaking of bread, not that we’re to believe a wafer and a half-shot of wine literally turn into His blood and body. That would require that he be crucified repeatly, and scripture is clear that He said, “It is finished” - ONCE for all.

[Tao Yin]

John 14
15 If you love me, you will obey what I command.
16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counselor to be with you forever—
17 the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you.
18 I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.
19 Before long, the world will not see me anymore, but you will see me. Because I live, you also will live.
20 On that day you will realize that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in you.
21 Whoever has my commands and obeys them, he is the one who loves me. He who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love him and show myself to him."

Argue what you will, but the Bible is straight forward. I am not an orphan because I reject the authority of the Pope. Jesus commanded that we try and convert the world. Nowhere does he command that we accept the Pope's proclamations as truth.

The Counselor that will be with us forever is the Holy Spirit, not the Pope. We do not follow Jesus' commands because the Pope tells us to, we follow Jesus' commands because they are Jesus' commands.

[Mogollon]

Without the Eucharist that one-on-one you tout falls awfully short and that comes straight from Christ Himself.

Eucharist: "Comes from the Greek word meaning "Thanksgiving". It is based on the events that happened at the last supper. All Christian groups perform this service except Salvationists and Quakers."

Hope you were not under the impression that only catholics participate in the Lord's supper.

[Marysecretary]

That’s what you believe, but Protestants believe you need faith in the Lord Jesus Christ to be saved. We don’t believe infant baptism or the eucharist has anything to do with your salvation. It’s HIM and HIM alone.