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To: ealgeone
>Do this in remembrance of Me......< do what???.......THIS!!!! You tell me.

Think real carefully

He took bread in His Hands, blessed it, broke it and gave it to His followers saying "TAKE AND EAT OF THIS, THIS IS MY BODY" when supper was ended He took the chalice of wine, Blessed it and gave it to His followers and said"TAKE AND DRINK OF THIS, THIS IS A CHALICE OF MY BLOOD WHICH WILL BE SHED FOR YOU AND FOR THE REMISSION OF SIN"......Then He said" Do This in remembrance of Me"

Now if we take that last sentence, which obviously referred to what He had just done, and diagram it as we were taught to do in the 4th grade we will come upon this:

the sentence is imperative therefore the subject (you) is understood, "do" is the verb...This.. is the subject of the sentence....You do this....is a complete sentence....you do this.....then He tells you why to do this....to remember Him by.....you do THIS in remembrance of Me.....THIS refers to what He had just done......transubstantiated bread and wine into His Body, Blood Soul and Divinity while retaining its appearance as that of bread and wine......see how easy it is when you READ and pay attention??

176 posted on 02/20/2015 7:11:39 PM PST by terycarl (common sense prevails overall!)
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To: terycarl
Do you believe when you participate in the Eucharist it is a re-sacrifice of Jesus for your sins?
181 posted on 02/20/2015 7:20:50 PM PST by ealgeone
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To: terycarl
......see how easy it is when you READ and pay attention??

...you vipers!

201 posted on 02/21/2015 4:00:27 AM PST by Elsie
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To: terycarl
Now if we take that last sentence, which obviously referred to what He had just done, and diagram it as we were taught to do in the 4th grade we will come upon this: the sentence is imperative therefore the subject (you) is understood, "do" is the verb...This.. is the subject of the sentence....You do this....is a complete sentence....you do this.....then He tells you why to do this....to remember Him by.....you do THIS in remembrance of Me.....THIS refers to what He had just done......transubstantiated bread and wine into His Body, Blood Soul and Divinity while retaining its appearance as that of bread and wine......see how easy it is when you READ and pay attention??

Despite your explanation (and ignoring the condescending attitude), why would anyone understand it that way? It seems that you are forcing the command to say what you want it to say, not what it says.

If in normal conversation, I were to say to you "do this." Your immediate response would be "do what?" You would expect the command to be followed by instructions, not the other way around.

You stated correctly that the "you" is inferred in the phrase "do this." If "this" refers to transubstantiation, do you have that power to turn the bread into the physical body of Christ and the wine into the physical blood of Christ? If I follow your logic that is what is implied. If, on the other hand, I understand the sentence in its natural reading and the "this" refers to the taking of the elements, I am perfectly capable of taking the bread and wine with remembrance of Him.

252 posted on 02/21/2015 9:29:44 AM PST by CommerceComet (Ignore the GOP-e. Cruz to victory in 2016.)
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