To: MurphsLaw
Yes, Jesus said He would build HIS church.
That does not by default mean a specific denomination, despite the claims of Catholicism.
People come to Jesus by faith in Him, not by eating a wheat wafer someone claims contains Jesus. Jesus is received by faith, not ingestion.
228 posted on
12/12/2021 12:07:11 AM PST by
metmom
(...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith)
To: metmom
People come to Jesus by faith in Him, not by eating a wheat wafer someone claims contains Jesus. Jesus is received by faith, not ingestion.
I get it, I get it.
You oppose the Eucharist as most non-Catholics do.
But the early Church did not and you are then Disagreeing with them as well.
Does the 2000 year history not count for anything?
Did you look into Justin Martyr as mentioned?
He wrote this of the Church Sacramental tradition in mid 2nd century:
For not as common bread and common drink do we receive these; but in like manner as Jesus Christ our Saviour, having been made flesh by the Word of God, had both flesh and blood for our salvation, so likewise have we been taught that the food which is blessed by the prayer of His word, and from which our blood and flesh by transmutation are nourished, is the flesh and blood of that Jesus who was made flesh.” –
235 posted on
12/12/2021 3:15:25 PM PST by
MurphsLaw
("Behold a virgin shall be with child, and bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel")
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