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"Self cannibalisation makes Protestants a wee bit nervous."

You will note that Christ's words about eating his flesh and drinking his blood also made some of his followers nervous too.

Jn 6:60 "Then many of his disciples who were listening said, "This saying is hard; who can accept it?""

Jn 6:66 "As a result of this, many (of) his disciples returned to their former way of life and no longer accompanied him."


Note that his Apostles did not abandon him at this point, instead Peter declared: Jn 6:68-69 "Master, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. We have come to believe and are convinced that you are the Holy One of God."

Why would a true follower of Christ abandon the Eucharist when Christ teaches about it so clearly? His Apostles do not turn away but instead declare their understanding that he is God more emphatically.

[Blogger]

He did not say that this physically becomes my body and blood. He was still alive. There was no sacrifice as of yet. It was symbolic. When he instituted Lord's supper later, he said to do it in rememberance of me. Such a fact that it is a memorial supper (much as Passover was a memorial supper) is ignorred by Catholics and it is said to confer some special grace upon the partaker which is contributory to salvation. Once again, we have our works being mixed in with grace to give salvation. A non-Biblical idea and a different gospel.