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To: Pelayo
Christ died only once, but sacrifice doesn't have to mean death! The Sacrifice of the Mass is an un-bloody one, we do not kill Him again in effigy.

Nope. You only hang an effigy of Him still on the cross over your altars, and believe that the Communion is the consuming of the literal Body and Blood of Christ (transubstantiation), rather than what Christ said, "Do this in remembrance of Me", (a memorial).

What do you mean when you say sacrifice doesn't have to mean death? In reference to Christ, that's all it could mean. The cross as a symbol of the Faith is fine, but a crucifix, with Christ still on the cross, is inaccurate. He's not still on the cross. He is risen and seated at the right hand of the Father.

3,304 posted on 10/27/2001 3:00:22 PM PDT by nobdysfool
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To: nobdysfool
He's not still on the cross.

No truer words have been spoken. What if He had been strangled? Throat cut? Poisoned? Dashed upon a rock?

3,306 posted on 10/27/2001 4:07:11 PM PDT by vmatt
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To: nobdysfool
He is risen and seated at the right hand of the Father.

Amen! Catholics, notice that He is seated. Could He be seated, rather than standing, because His work is complete?

After the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, He was taken up into heaven and He sat at the right hand of God. Mark 16:19

Who is he that condemns? Christ Jesus, who died--more than that, who was raised to life--is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us. Romans 8:34

The Son is the radiance of God's glory and the exact representation of His being, sustaining all things by His powerful word. After He had provided purification for sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven. Hebrews 1:3

Day after day every priest stands and performs his religious duties; again and again he offers the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. But when This Priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, He sat down at the right hand of God. Hebrews 10:11, 12

Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. Hebrews 12:2

Maybe?? I wonder.

(Gee, that Heb. 10:11,12 passage sounds a lot like what the Catholics call "Mass.")

3,327 posted on 10/27/2001 11:34:10 PM PDT by hopefulpilgrim
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