2006-06-07 15:20:15 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
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2006-06-07 15:20:30 · update #1
The Body and Blood of Christ are not snacks. The bread and wine, once it's consecrated by the priest, actually cease to become bread and wine.
They become Christ's actual Body and Blood, and frankly, they are deserving of respect and, more importantly, of worship.
When you have grape juice and a tortilla at home, you're just eating and drinking something.
But when you receive the Eucharist, you are taking part in an intimate union with God. You are actually taking Him into yourself, body and soul, as Jesus Himself described in John 6.
2006-06-07 15:46:39 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 10⤊ 5⤋
There are different sacramental church homes. Anglicans, Lutherans, and the Orthodox for particular. The numbers of sacraments can variety. Even Catholics have had differing numbers over the years (and beforehand all people freaks out, I leaned that at a Catholic seminary!). as an occasion, Anglicans be conscious of two - Baptism, and Eucharist, because of the fact those instituted by potential of Jesus. basically, he mentioned "try this." The others are seen as minor sacraments, so, no longer with somewhat the comparable status. I actual have forgotten what share the Orthodox, and eastern Catholics have. In my Sacraments type, we've been 50:50, Catholics, and Anglicans, so, I by no potential did hear. A sacrament is a few thing particular - "an outward and visual sign of an inward an invisible grace." Denominations who word the sacraments think of that some thing genuine happens in them, e.g., at Eucharist, you obtain the Holy Spirit at present. Non-sacramental church homes, which incorporates plenty (no longer all) of the Protestant ones think of those issues are symbolic purely. So, they placed much less emphasis on them. yet, for the sacramental denominations, those issues are needed, because of the grace of God working bodily in them.
2016-12-13 15:02:30 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well.........At least in the Catholic Church the difference is that the bread and wine are actually turned into the Real Body and Blood of Jesus Christ during Mass. The grape juice and tortilla chip is just that grape juice and a tortilla chip
2006-06-07 15:29:16 · answer #3 · answered by akknaley 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well - one is a sacrament, and one is not. A Sacrament is a ceremony recognized by the Catholic church and imbued with divine blessing. Grape juice and tortillas by themselves have no significance. Only by including them in an ordained Sacrament will they have any meaning.
2006-06-07 15:26:02 · answer #4 · answered by greeneyedprincess 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you Catholic? If so, then the priest turns the bread and wine into the actual body and blood of Christ during the Mass. If you are Anglican, Episcopalian, or other Protestant, this ritual is to REMEMBER the sacrifice on the cross. Many good Christians were burned at the stake for that difference!
2006-06-07 15:30:20 · answer #5 · answered by Thorbjorn 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus said to do this in remembrance of Him. It is a more reverent moment at church where the words Jesus spoke are shared. Also, church unity is important. For His body was broken for the body of Christ (mended) & His blood was spilled for the salvation of many.
I think it's a good idea to remember Jesus sacrifice every time one breaks bread and drinks from the fruit of the vine. Just have a personal moment between you and your Savior.
2006-06-07 15:39:08 · answer #6 · answered by t_a_m_i_l 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a bad combination..... or the juice and the tortilla are real and the sacrament not
2006-06-07 15:28:06 · answer #7 · answered by luiskarlos 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The priest has to wave the magic wand and chicken feet over it or it's just bread and grape juice. Oh, and don't forget the magic spells and incantations.
2006-06-07 15:23:34 · answer #8 · answered by normobrian 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well it's not a sacrament. it's a representation of the body of Christ Jesus that was broken for you and blood that Jesus Christ shed on the cross for our many sins and shortcomings. There is no magic or anything about it, but it is symbolic to what Jesus did for us on the cross, and of the last supper he shared with his disiples before he was sentanced to be crusified even when Pilot stood before Him and a crowd of angry people and said that he found no fault in him. it is just a tradition that symbolizes the body and blood of Christ that was shed for us and of the last supper.
2006-06-07 16:28:28 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
don't know 'bout u/r church, but sacrament is usually blessed, or prayed over by someone w/ authority
2006-06-07 15:25:42 · answer #10 · answered by stacypeacock1967 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋