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To: annalex
Christ is with me all the time, and I receive His body blood soul and divinity as a meal at the Eucharist, as He commanded.

Self-contradictory. You say you periodically receive what you already have at all times.

At its heart, Romanism is not only anti-Scriptural, it is inconsistent and illogical.

2,114 posted on 06/27/2010 1:34:50 PM PDT by Dr. Eckleburg ("I don't think they want my respect; I think they want my submission." - Flemming Rose)
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To: Dr. Eckleburg

It is not a contradiction to have levels and degrees of spiritual indwelling. In fact, in ordinary life as well, degrees of intimacy between lovers exist without one level or degree excluding another.

In the case of Christ specially, the Scripture discerns several such levels. He was at the beginning of the creation as pre-existing Christ; He was an unknown to most child; He was an itinerant teacher; He was the victim on the Cross; He was appearing in the resurrected state to select disciples; He gave us the Holy Spirit to indwell in the baptized and lead them; He promised to abide in us as well as letting us abide in Him, — that is the Eucharist — He, finally, will come in Glory at the end of the age. These are all distinct forms of His presence.


2,124 posted on 06/27/2010 4:43:37 PM PDT by annalex
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