And yet the Eucharist is symbolic.
Your doctrines were defined as Truth against heresies by the Catholic Church in various councils as was your Scripture.
“To be deep in history is to cease to be protestant.” John Cardinal Newman
The Bible you poured over was translated by someone. It takes quite a bit of conceit to believe that one has come to faith in Jesus without the aid of any other human. Just the fact that you have Scripture to read, means that you have heard about Jesus because of other humans as in those who cooperated with God to write them. What I was speaking of is quite different that reading a verse and seeing in it something new or to have a question answered when reading Scripture.
“You nor anyone you have come in contact with obviously have never encountered such a thing...That certainly does not make it not so... “
That is a pretty broad and bold statement from someone who knows nothing more about me than what I write on these forums. It is also dead wrong, but since being wrong is a habit of protestants here, I am not surprised by it.
Feeling fellowship with other Christians is not the same as unity. I think the tares are pretty comfortable among the wheat as well.
I also did not say I feel sorry for you. I sad the disunity saddens me. That misunderstanding between what was written and how it was taken, explains a lot.
“While you are sitting amongst the flames that they told you was purgatory, we’ll be in heaven worshiping Jesus...”
I will leave that one untouched as the hubris speaks for itself.
"To be deep in God's word is to cease to be Catholic." me.
"Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth." 2 Tim. 2:15.
Unfortunately, many Catholics fall prey to the siren call of protestantism and other non Christian religions.
Some of the stuff that comes out of some of your mouths,,,wow...
I have said as much many times, but each time I get castigated that, no, it is truly the body, blood and divinty of Jesus Christ that is present in the Eucharist. So which is it? Do you see why some get confused by what is what is not Catholic doctrine?