But neither offering the Eucharist is the only function of a Catholic priest. We surely see the early Church offering Eucharist understood as sacrifice; we just don't have a solid prooftext that shows who precisely is doing it.
It is who am [sic!] going by the linguistics of the Scriptures
You are going mechanically by the dictionary, while not interested in meaning. Read the Holy Scripture in love and with attention, and it will reveal its meaning to you, and you, too, will become Catholic and learn to understand it.
I am weary of your sophistry
It may be difficult to confront the Holy Scripture as written at first, and naturally it seems like too much sophistication to you. But you are a literate man and author. Take courage.
How preposterous. The RCC inserting “meaning” over top of what scripture says is simply “man’s wisdom”.
The Holy Spirit inspired the use of specific words. If the RCC can’t “mechanically” use those words but inserts something different to suit their own agenda it does so at its own peril and unfortunately the peril of those who follow her.
>>It may be difficult to confront the Holy Scripture as written at first, and naturally it seems like too much sophistication to you.<
Oh now that’s funny right there. I don’t care who ya are. First claiming that we can’t take scripture “mechanically” ie as it is written, and then stating that “it may be difficult to confront the Holy Scripture as written” in an attempt to ridicule. Oh the irony!
Better yet, read the New Testament with the guidance of the Holy Spirit and you will become a Christian. Becoming a Catholic instead can be a hindrance to becoming born again.
Like the Catholic woman that was so bogged down in Catholicism that her response to "are you a Christian" was answered with "no, I am a Catholic."
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But that was already brought to your attention