[DouglasKC]

I would guess so. But it gives birth to a complex conversation. If the host is actually Christ's body, then what is being worshiped is Christ and therefore ok. If it is not Christ's body (say for argument that it has not been consecrated), then the individual still believes he is worshiping Christ, not some piece of bread.

How is that any different from worshipping a man who has Christ in him? One could make the claim that they aren't worshipping or following the man, but are worshipping and following the Christ that lives in him.

I think that situtations like this is exactly why God gave us the 1st and 2nd commandments.

[IMRight]

How is that any different from worshipping a man who has Christ in him? One could make the claim that they aren't worshipping or following the man, but are worshipping and following the Christ that lives in him.

Good point, but Christ never said "that man over there is me" did he? Whether we accept whether He meant it or not and whether we accept that it happens still today, He certainly did say that the bread was His body. He didn't say "is kinda like", He said "is".

That having been said. We don't follow Paul, we follow Christ in Paul. The pastor (or Pope for that matter) has no authority apart from the authority of Christ that is given him.

[malakhi]

How is that any different from worshipping a man who has Christ in him? One could make the claim that they aren't worshipping or following the man, but are worshipping and following the Christ that lives in him. I think that situtations like this is exactly why God gave us the 1st and 2nd commandments.

Swap the word "God" for "Christ" and you have the Jewish position on Christian incarnational theology.