Seems kind of violent to me.
2006-07-08 19:38:53 · 24 answers · asked by professionalfemale01 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The sacrament is symbolic of the last supper.
This wine is my blood, and this bread is my body, these are metaphors. Interpret them as you will.
Ultimately the Catholic Church is a little depressing.
2006-07-08 19:39:52 · answer #1 · answered by joe 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
At the Last Supper, Jesus said, “Take this bread. It is my body.” Then he said, “Take this and drink. This is my blood. Do this in memory of me.”
Catholics believe this was the First Eucharist, that through some miracle the bread and wine actually became the body and blood of Jesus Christ.
Catholics reenact the Last Supper during every Mass, where the priest, acting in place of Christ, changes the bread and wine into the body and blood of Jesus Christ.
This is a great sacrament of thanksgiving and unity of Catholics.
With love in Christ.
2006-07-09 15:16:59 · answer #2 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the same way that the Supreme Court "ASSUMED" the role of interpreters of the U.S. constitution the catholic church has, however, on false premises, assumed the role of interpreter of the Bible. That church claims, falsely, to be the continuation of the church that Jesus founded. They use Matthew 16 verse 18 as proof. What cannot show with those words is that Jesus was "pointing" to Himself as He was speaking to Peter. The proof of this statement is in I Corinthians 10 verses 1 thru 4. Jesus is the "rock". The so-called "doctrine" of transubstantiation is a catholic invention. Their definition is that the wafer and wine are turned into the body and blood of Jesus after it is inserted in the recipient's mouth. That is a teaching NOT backed by scripture. For a comparison of that church's teachings against clear Biblical principles see http://www.acts1711.com/jesus2a.htm
2006-07-08 20:40:24 · answer #3 · answered by euhmerist 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If that sound violent check this out:
THERE was a time when it was not safe to ask whether transubstantiation is fact or fiction. As at such time as back in 1410. In that year John Badby, an English tailor, was burned at the stake in London’s Smithfield Square because he could not understand how Christ sitting at supper could offer his apostles his own body to eat!
And not only laymen, but also Catholic priests are spoken of as being burned alive for doubting transubstantiation. In fact, we are told that denial of this teaching has caused rivers of blood to flow and that likely more were put to death for doubting it than for doubting all other Roman Catholic teachings
2006-07-08 19:41:25 · answer #4 · answered by Tim 47 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It isn't just Catholicism as other Christians do it too. In fact, the real mystery behind the sacrament is that by eating the bread and drinking the wine, you are participating with Christ, Buddha, Krishna, Mahommad, and all of the truly enlightened minds.
There is nothing that doesn't come from our Creator. Communion is the symbol of ultimate redemption and regeneration. Since matter in it's basest form is never completely annihilated, we are eating the matter of those before us. And since all comes from God, we are participating with and in God.
2006-07-08 19:51:39 · answer #5 · answered by Clint S 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am not Xtian so I do not do that stuff.Pagans offer their cake and wine to the Gods and then eat whatever the Gods leave behind. Thus by sharing with the Gods,we affirm our kinship with them.In ancient times animal sacrifice was followed by a feast upon the remains.
In Xtian masses,the wafer and wine symbolise the body and blood of the sacrificial lamb, offered up in sacrifice to their diety.It is thought to be imbued with mystical properties.
2006-07-08 20:04:31 · answer #6 · answered by mystic_master3 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Trust me, they really don't eat the body and drink the blood of Christ. That is a doctrine right out of hell....
2006-07-08 19:43:43 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some believe it's the Christian version of primitive religions where you gain the powers and blessings of eating and drinking the flesh and blood of powerful mystical beings. Only in symbolic form.
2006-07-08 19:42:56 · answer #8 · answered by Bad Kitty! 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
At the Last Supper, Jesus told them to take the bread, break it and eat it b/c it would SYMBOLIZE His body and He told them to drink the wine b/c it would SYMBOLIZE His blood...They don't ACTUALLY eat His body or drink His blood...Ewwwww...Besides, He was resurrected, so what body is left?
2006-07-08 19:45:28 · answer #9 · answered by Katie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is what Christ told his disciples to do at the last supper, so it is reenacted in the Eucharist in Catholic mass.
2006-07-08 19:41:30 · answer #10 · answered by martin h 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋