In the person of Christ, replacing Christ at that moment. Imitating Christ, acting as Christ. You don’t even see what you are really saying. >>clearly stating that it is Christ, not he the priest, presiding over the miracle of the Eucharist.<<
I can’t even begin to express the disgust at that statement.
>>For the one moment that the Eucharist is consecrated and transubstantiated the priest succeeds in becoming a perfect Imitation of Christ.<<
We’re told all about that type of “becoming a perfect Imitation of Christ” in Revelation.
Romans 8:29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.
“Be like unto”, NOT in the place of.
>>into modern English is a fool’s errand and there is no shortage of fools prowling the Religion Forum.<<
Matthew 5:22 But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.
It doesn't bother me that you hate the Church. My only concern is that you hate it for the right reasons, not the twisted, confabulated, comic book version you spout so regularly on these threads. You have obviously been denied the opportunity to make an honest decision.
You have to actually know something about it before you are entitled to a legitimate opinion on it, and you obviously lack that. You anti-Catholics have disingenuously begun with a position of hating the Church and then have sought to establish a knowledge base that supports that position. That, my friend, is intellectually dishonest.