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The Eucharist: Is the Real Presence Biblical?
Edward Sri via CERC ^ | December 28, 2014 | EDWARD SRI

Posted on 02/03/2015 5:32:17 PM PST by 9thLife

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To: RnMomof7
Rnmomofsome -- I would strongly suggest you read completely rather than excerpting -- this is not only true for such humble things as my posts, but I see also when you quote from the Bible that it would be better to read completely rather than just grabbing a few words

As I said -- the Sacrifice was once in time.

181 posted on 02/06/2015 6:21:20 AM PST by Cronos (ObamaÂ’s dislike of Assad is not based on AssadÂ’s brutality but that he isn't a jihadi Moslem)
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To: kelly4c
Kelly Any Christian religion that observes this ritual is doing it symbolically and forthe same reason as far as i can tell. And the word “some” is just force of habit. Im sure all Catholics believe the same rxact things.

Sorry Kelly, but Lutherans see the Body and Blood are being present in the Eucharist. quoting from the www.lcms.org site The clear claim of Christ in Holy Scripture is that His true body and blood are truly present and distributed to those who eat..., it is wrong to reject Christ's clear words simply because our fallen human reason cannot fully understand how it comes to pass. Any effort to make the "This is" something less than a clear word, as Reformed theology does by denying the real presence of the body and blood of Christ on earth, is a departure from Christ's words

182 posted on 02/06/2015 6:25:42 AM PST by Cronos (ObamaÂ’s dislike of Assad is not based on AssadÂ’s brutality but that he isn't a jihadi Moslem)
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To: ravenwolf

well, that post was not directed at you — there are Christian poster with whom i disagree on theological issues but they believe that Jesus Christ is Lord, GOD and savior. There are other posters who don’t believe that — not you, but others.


183 posted on 02/06/2015 6:28:11 AM PST by Cronos (ObamaÂ’s dislike of Assad is not based on AssadÂ’s brutality but that he isn't a jihadi Moslem)
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To: Iscool
His suffering (perhaps to some others He is just a prophet, but we Christians use the capital case) was once in time.

Now, this might be difficult for believers in so-called Tawahid to believe that God became man, but it is true.

184 posted on 02/06/2015 6:29:51 AM PST by Cronos (ObamaÂ’s dislike of Assad is not based on AssadÂ’s brutality but that he isn't a jihadi Moslem)
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To: Iscool

Prove it. Just your personal opinion.

Why should anyone believe your twisted erroneous interpretation of God’s word? You attempt to twist the intent of clear words of God in order to support your personal opinion without any logic.

Jesus clearly restated his intentions “Amen, Amen..” that you clearly ignore.


185 posted on 02/06/2015 6:41:01 AM PST by ADSUM
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To: LearnsFromMistakes
well, it is not re-enacted, nor re-done. I live the painting of van Eyck as depicted above. For us living in this creation of God's with it's sense of the arrow of time, the Sacrifice was Once in time, once and done, closed. From the book of revelations we see how this was viewed in Heaven which is outside of space and time -- where the proud lamb triumphs

During the Eucharist it is that we are viewing that one time action, we are present when the Sacrifice takes place with the High Priest and the Sacrifice one and the same Jesus Christ.

Perhaps the Lutherans are right to say, let us leave this as a mystery and not try to explain too much.

186 posted on 02/06/2015 6:42:47 AM PST by Cronos (ObamaÂ’s dislike of Assad is not based on AssadÂ’s brutality but that he isn't a jihadi Moslem)
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To: ADSUM
Prove it. Just your personal opinion.

Why should anyone believe your twisted erroneous interpretation of God’s word? You attempt to twist the intent of clear words of God in order to support your personal opinion without any logic.

Proving it is the easiest part...But then some shysters will falsely accuse of being a personal opinion even when staring the facts in the face...

Joh 6:57 As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me.
Joh 6:58 This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever.
Joh 6:59 These things said he in the synagogue, as he taught in Capernaum.

No one has left yet...

Joh 6:60 Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heard this, said, This is an hard saying; who can hear it?

No one has left yet...

Joh 6:61 When Jesus knew in himself that his disciples murmured at it, he said unto them, Doth this offend you?

No one has left yet and Jesus continues on with the conversation...

Joh 6:62 What and if ye shall see the Son of man ascend up where he was before?

No one has left yet...

Joh 6:63 It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.

No one has left yet...And Jesus continues to speak...

Joh 6:64 But there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believed not, and who should betray him.

No one has left yet...

Joh 6:65 And he said, Therefore said I unto you, that no man can come unto me, except it were given unto him of my Father.

AHAaaaa...Finally Jesus told them something that was too much for them to take...And they finally left...

Joh 6:66 From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.

So, without any private opinion, without any private interpretation, any idiot can see they did not leave when Jesus said to 'eat my flesh'...Your handlers have lied to you and you just continue to repeat the lie...So you'll never have to tell that story again, if you're honest...

187 posted on 02/06/2015 10:04:34 AM PST by Iscool
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To: Cronos
His suffering (perhaps to some others He is just a prophet, but we Christians use the capital case) was once in time.

So Jesus' suffering was once in time but he's still hanging on the Cross with spikes thru his hands, a spear hole in his side, and dies...But he's not suffering...Does he lift up his head, wink and smile at you guys???

You guys refuse to answer so far...How does eating Jesus' flesh and blood get to Jesus hanging on the Cross in your sacrifice???

Supposedly the flesh and blood you eat and drink is of the resurrected Jesus...That means the Sacrifice is over...Jesus is not on the Cross...If you are celebrating the death of Jesus, you have to be eating the flesh of the pre-resurrected Jesus...

What a tale your religion has woven...Who would believe it???

His suffering (perhaps to some others He is just a prophet, but we Christians use the capital case) was once in time.

You use the capital eh??? Perhaps that makes you feel or look like a Christian...I never do anything just because a Catholic does it...And unlike you guys, I do however let the bible be my example...

Mat_14:22 And straightway Jesus constrained his disciples to get into a ship, and to go before him unto the other side, while he sent the multitudes away.

Every time you guys reference the scriptures, your religion comes out not looking so good...You should probably avoid the scriptures when defending your religion...

188 posted on 02/06/2015 10:36:59 AM PST by Iscool
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To: Cronos
Perhaps the Lutherans are right to say, let us leave this as a mystery and not try to explain too much.

That obviously is what you guys are hoping, so the sham won't be revealed...

189 posted on 02/06/2015 10:40:10 AM PST by Iscool
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To: Iscool
I guess you can fool yourself by selecting certain lines and making the big assumption as to why they left to fit your narrative, but you probably get a “F” in logic and interpretation for your effort. It helps to read the whole passage in context.

Your comment:”it were given unto him of my Father.” Finally Jesus told them something that was too much “

That was also stated in line 44 Why didn't they leave then?
Why did the Apostles stay and believe in the literal words of our Lord and put them into action when celebrating the Mass and celebrated for over 2000 years by their successors?

Since I am an idiot, then others that believe your opinion, must be so dense that nothing gets through and context with all the words has no meaning. No matter what it still your personal opinion in how you interpret the words of Jesus. At lease Catholics have the wisdom and authority of the Catholic Church.

You seemed to miss lines 41, 61, 65

35 But Jesus told them, It is I who am the bread of life; he who comes to me will never be hungry, he who has faith in me will never know thirst. 36 (But you, as I have told you, though you have seen me, do not believe in me.)[6] 37 All that the Father has entrusted to me will come to me, and him who comes to me I will never cast out. 38 It is the will of him who sent me, not my own will, that I have come down from heaven to do; 39 and he who sent me would have me keep without loss, and raise up at the last day, all he has entrusted to me. 40 Yes, this is the will of him who sent me, that all those who believe in the Son when they see him should enjoy eternal life; I am to raise them up at the last day.
41 The Jews were by now complaining of his saying, I am myself the bread which has come down from heaven. 42 Is not this Jesus, they said, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother are well known to us? What does he mean by saying, I have come down from heaven?[7] 43 Jesus answered them, Do not whisper thus to one another. 44 Nobody can come to me without being attracted towards me by the Father who sent me, so that I can raise him up at the last day. 45 It is written in the book of the prophets, And they shall all have the Lord for their teacher;[8] everyone who listens to the Father and learns, comes to me. 46 (Not that anyone has seen the Father, except him who comes from God; he alone has seen the Father.) 47 Believe me when I tell you this; the man who has faith in me enjoys eternal life. 48 It is I who am the bread of life. 49 Your fathers, who ate manna in the desert, died none the less; 50 the bread which comes down from heaven is such that he who eats of it never dies. 51 I myself am the living bread that has come down from heaven. 52 If anyone eats of this bread, he shall live for ever. And now, what is this bread which I am to give? It is my flesh, given for the life of the world.

53 Then the Jews fell to disputing with one another, How can this man give us his flesh to eat? 54 Whereupon Jesus said to them, Believe me when I tell you this; you can have no life in yourselves, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man, and drink his blood. 55 The man who eats my flesh and drinks my blood enjoys eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day. 56 My flesh is real food, my blood is real drink. 57 He who eats my flesh, and drinks my blood, lives continually in me, and I in him. 58 As I live because of the Father, the living Father who has sent me, so he who eats me will live, in his turn, because of me. 59 Such is the bread which has come down from heaven; it is not as it was with your fathers, who ate manna and died none the less; the man who eats this bread will live eternally.

60 He said all this while he was teaching in the synagogue, at Capharnaum. 61 And there were many of his disciples who said, when they heard it, This is strange talk, who can be expected to listen to it? 62 But Jesus, inwardly aware that his disciples were complaining over it, said to them, Does this try your faith? 63 What will you make of it, if you see the Son of Man ascending to the place where he was before? 64 Only the spirit gives life; the flesh is of no avail; and the words I have been speaking to you are spirit, and life.[9] 65 But there are some, even among you, who do not believe. Jesus knew from the first which were those who did not believe, and which of them was to betray him. 66 And he went on to say, That is what I meant when I told you that nobody can come to me unless he has received the gift from my Father. 67 After this, many of his disciples went back to their old ways, and walked no more in his company. 68 Whereupon Jesus said to the twelve, Would you, too, go away? 69 Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom should we go? Thy words are the words of eternal life; 70 we have learned to believe, and are assured that thou art the Christ, the Son of God.[10] 71 Jesus answered them, Have I not chosen all twelve of you? And one of you is a devil. 72 He was speaking of Judas son of Simon, the Iscariot, who was one of the twelve, and was to betray him.

190 posted on 02/06/2015 12:22:36 PM PST by ADSUM
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To: Iscool
Supposedly the flesh and blood you eat and drink is of the resurrected Jesus...That means the Sacrifice is over...

No, His Sacrifice is eternal.

191 posted on 02/06/2015 12:40:24 PM PST by papertyger ("News" is what journalists want you to hear.)
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To: dartuser
What's amazing is people who can't tell the difference between "This is my body" and those other comparisons. As in, when did Christ rip a door off of a house, hold it up, and say, "This is my body"?

He never did and people who aren't under a strong delusion instantly see the difference whether they agree that that continues beyond that single occasion or not.

have a nice day

192 posted on 02/06/2015 2:42:41 PM PST by Rashputin (Jesus Christ doesn't evacuate His troops, He leads them to victory.)
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To: papertyger
Catholic Doctrine has always that that His sacrifice is a single, eternal, sacrifice.

I realize the anti-Catholic dolts and the majority of Protestant or Protestant derived folks don't really believe Christ is supernatural, though, so anything that requires divine intervention is basically impossible in their view.

That's why, since they've already denied the power of the Holy Spirit by throwing out part of sacred Scripture, they don't understand that the when the Eucharist is presented it's part and parcel of the exact same, single occurrence, sacrifice.

193 posted on 02/06/2015 3:57:08 PM PST by Rashputin (Jesus Christ doesn't evacuate His troops, He leads them to victory.)
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To: Rashputin
That's your defense?

Only the RCC attributes to Christ a miracle that doesn't look like a miracle. The wine really does change into the blood of Christ ... but it just doesn't look like it. It still looks like wine, but its not.

Reminds me of all the times Jesus said 'be healed' and the inflicted person was healed but didn't look like it ...

oh wait ... never mind, that never happened.

194 posted on 02/06/2015 4:14:24 PM PST by dartuser
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To: dartuser
Jesus Christ Himself said, This is my body and I stand with Christ rather than walking away.

Anyone who wants to deny what Christ Himself said is free to do so and walk away exactly like everyone except the Apostles did when Christ explained that He was speaking literally, not figuratively.

If Christianity has been right for 2000 years those who twist His words have been calling Jesus Christ a liar every time they twist His Word by saying it's mere symbolism.

John 6:56 "For my flesh is meat indeed: and my blood is drink indeed."

It's interesting how the people who claim to rely on "Faith Alone" consistently display their inability to have faith in Christ every time they deny the supernatural reality of His body and His blood being real in the Eucharist. Just like they deny "Scripture Alone" by throwing out a large portion of the Old Testament and denying clear statements by Christ Himself.

Side with Jesus Christ being all powerful and capable something you may not understand even when it's hard to accept or don't.

Have a nice day

195 posted on 02/06/2015 5:04:14 PM PST by Rashputin (Jesus Christ doesn't evacuate His troops, He leads them to victory.)
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To: dartuser
Reminds me of all the times Jesus said 'be healed' and the inflicted person was healed but didn't look like it ...

Or when you were "born again?"

196 posted on 02/06/2015 5:28:28 PM PST by papertyger ("News" is what journalists want you to hear.)
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To: Rashputin

I find it instructive to note how mockery is so often the vehicle of Protestant “debate.”


197 posted on 02/06/2015 5:32:11 PM PST by papertyger ("News" is what journalists want you to hear.)
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To: ADSUM
Why did the Apostles stay and believe in the literal words of our Lord and put them into action when celebrating the Mass and celebrated for over 2000 years by their successors?

They didn't...They never suggested they took Jesus literally when he said, 'eat my flesh'...

As for putting that statement into action, that didn't happen for hundreds of years, after Constantine started your religion...

Posting all of that doesn't help you position...No one left after Jesus told them to eat his flesh...You can't seem to admit that even tho it's right in the scriptures...Without personal opinion...Without private interpretation...

198 posted on 02/06/2015 6:43:00 PM PST by Iscool
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To: papertyger
No, His Sacrifice is eternal.

Then he never came up off the Cross...

If his resurrection is eternal, and his sacrifice is eternal, then his birth must be eternal as well...Jesus is being born today...

You guys just make it up for the benefit of your religion...There is nothing in the scriptures that says Jesus' sacrifice is eternal...In fact, it says just the opposite...

And actually, eternal means no beginning nor ending...So for your religion to say that Jesus' sacrifice is eternal, you are saying Jesus's sacrifice didn't start 2000 years ago, Jesus has been being sacrificed on the Cross since before the Creation...Don't you people even think about the legitimacy of this stuff???

199 posted on 02/06/2015 6:50:21 PM PST by Iscool
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To: Iscool

What planet do you live on?

You can’t make up your own facts.


200 posted on 02/06/2015 7:49:39 PM PST by ADSUM
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