NO, they are completely inaccurate.
Last supper Jesus said "This IS my body."
Unless you are Bill Clinton we all know what the meaning of "is" is.
Any first year Greek student will tell you that Jesus is speaking in the First person singular nominative case. He is not using the word "is in the possessive sense such as: "This is my car." He is not talking about an object that is owned but about His actual self.
The better translation into English would have been "This is the body which is Me."
Feel free to have the last word since I have a job I need to get ready for. The reason I rarely waste time with these discussions is that when I was a protestant I was not willing to listen to the truth until the Holy Spirit moved me. I have learned that most Prots have the exact same mind set. That is not a personal attack it is a simple statement of fact.
LOL, I'm not interested in what a n00b student can tell me.
God gave the job of understanding scripture to the Holy Spirit and that's good enough for me.
The better translation into English would have been "This is the body which is Me."
Yea maybe when in your first year of Greek School. But the Bible is quite clear, and it would NOT be as you say.
"Feel free to have the last word...[I don't play the "last word" game"]Oh BTW, being as you answered my question, I will answer yours."The reason I rarely waste time with these discussions is that when I was a protestant I was not willing to listen to the truth... [That's called hard heartedness in the Bible. Maybe that is why you seem to believe that all Protestants are the same as you were. Not so much.] until the Holy Spirit moved me. [That's the ticket and the key to understanding Truth and the scriptures.] I have learned that most Prots have the exact same mind set. [Probably not most, but if you have to believe that to support your beliefs, that is fine with me.]That is not a personal attack it is a simple statement of fact. [Well not really, but if you must believe it that is fine with me]
I believe you stated that I claim to be a Christian, and if I am not Catholic "exactly" what am I?
Well to understand that my claim to be a Christian means that I am born again (from above) and am saved by Jesus and have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.
Everyone that is a part of His church here on earth must fit that criteria. Both Jesus and Peter agree on that, it's in the Bible.
Now back to communion, which is very simple.
Jesus took the bread and broke it and said this is my body, it is broken just for you. (or something like that)
This is My body, take and eat.
Now if it was literally His body, why would he use bread?
If they were ACTUALLY to eat His body, I would imagine he would hold out his arm for them to take a bite.
Heck, he was right there!
It's a spiritual thing, Jesus is the Bread of Life and to partake of that bread we are to be one with Him...He in us and us in Him.
Take up your cross daily and follow Him.
When we take communion, the person serving it says "this the body of Christ, take and eat. This is the blood of Christ, take and drink." And it is and we do.
And we do so in "remembrance" of Him. Exactly as He asked us to-- Luke 22:19