If communion is literal, shall we also assume parables are literal?

Question

y are catholics so confoosed

and who said communion was literal? plz cite a verse

by literal i mean, we literally drink jesus blood, the wine turns to blood, and the bread turns to jesus flesh

Answer 1

LOL, interesting question.
Jesus instigated the symbols we now use as Communion at the Last Supper.
Parables are a totally different thing, teaching tools on life's directions for being a good Christian.

Answer 2

If by communion you mean the eating of the wafer and the drinking of the juice, it could not possibly be literal. It is, of course, symbolic, as, if actual chunks of Christ's flesh were to be distributed during church ceremonies, the world would run out of chunks very quickly. And, no, there is no indication in the Bible that the parables are literal, either, in fact, if they were literal, they wouldn't be parables. Perhaps it is not Catholics who are confused, but you who is confused about the meaning of the words 'literal' and 'parable'.

literal: limited to the explicit meaning of a word or text; "a literal translation" [ant: figurative}

parable: n 1: a short moral story (often with animal characters) [syn: fable, allegory, apologue] 2: (New Testament) any of the stories told by Jesus to convey his religious message; "the parable of the prodigal son"

^ As you may now understand, the parables were merely ways for Jesus to clarify his message for the people. It was not important whether or not the story was 'true', but that you understood the message that the story was meant to convey.

Answer 3

haha communion used to freak me out when I was a kid. My parents used to have a bible study at our house, and they'd do communion once a month. Now I went with them to buy the grape juice and bread, but I never did figure out how the heck they turned it into blood and flesh. And yes, I did have a scab once that I picked off and tasted the blood, and it does NOT taste like grape juice. *sigh*

No it is not supposed to be litteral, when Jesus did the first communion he said "take this whine as my blood." Not litterally drink my blood like a vampire. Its symbolism.

Parable=A simple story illustrating a moral or religious lesson.
As told by http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/parable
A parable CAN be true, but generally its not. It can have basis in truth, but it is often over dramatized. Kind of like made for tv movies... like the ones on lifetime. Those, in a twisted way could be considered modern day parables

Answer 4

Jesus was alive and well when He said, "This is My Body...this is My Blood which is shed for you...do this in remembrance of Me."
Therefore, communion is a service designed to help us remember what Christ did. The wine and bread only represent Christ's body and blood; they are not the actual body and blood of Christ, nor do they become that. Parables are stories meant to illustrate a point. They should not be regarded as literal.

Answer 5

parables are, by definition, not literal