Why do Catholics beleive that the bread and wine are the body and blood of Christ?

Answer 1

it would take a while to show you the truth of the eucharist. to understand it better i would suggest you go to scripturecatholic.com, you could also google catholic and almost all of the sites will have an article or explanation of the eucharist. you could also look for a cathecism of the catholic church. you don't have to believe it but you can understand it better,i would suggest strongly you believe it as it is a major focal point in christianity. it is entierly based on scripture.god bless.

Answer 2

The Bible and 2,000 years of consistent belief and practice.

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 a miracle the bread and wine actually became the body and blood of Jesus Christ.

Catholics reenact the Last Supper during every Mass, where God, acting through the priest, 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.

Answer 3

Only because Jesus said so, all the apostles and disciples understood it to be so, the scriptures confirm it, the church confirms it, and those who are able to discern such things know it to be true.

Protestants are quite right in stating that their bread and wine remain just that, because when they broke away from the God-given authorty of the one, true church, they left the awesome power of the sacraments behind.

So, Catholics enjoy the real and substantial presence of Christ ... body, blood, soul, and divinity ... while their Protestant brethren must settle for a simulation, along with the promised spiritual presence (when two or more are gathered in his name) of Jesus.

Each to his own.

Answer 4

Because Jesus said unless you eat His flesh and drink His blood, you will not be saved. When He said this many followers turned away because they thought it was gross. Jesus never said that he was speaking metaphorically to get these people back, He let them go. Also, the Gospel of John follows three years. At passover the first year, Jesus turned water to wine. The second year's passover He multiplied bread and fish. The third year's passover He changed His humanity to glory. The earliest Christian church believed in the body and blood thing. The Romans accused them of cannabalism, but they knew the true mystery. God gave manna from heaven for the Israelites in the wilderness to eat as God gave us His holy manna Jesus.

Answer 5

really its quite simple. At the Last Supper, he broke bread with the apostles and said, this is my body. He then drank wine and said, drink, this is my blood. The bread and wine are symbolic of the sacrifice Jesus was about to make by dying on the cross. So symbolically, when we eat blessed bread and wine, we are "eating" his body and "drinking" his blood as a symbol for accepting that he died for our sins. It is not meant to be taken literally as people erroneously stated above

Answer 6

Because during the last supper, Christ said "this is my body" and gave out pieces of bread. And "this is my blood" and gave out wine to drink.

Answer 7

because in the last supper, Jesus Christ held up a piece of bread and said, this represents my flesh eat it to remember me. He then picked a cup of wine, and said, drink this, in remembrance of me. And that's why Christians and catholics eat and drink it during church

Answer 8

Because they take Jesus' words to take and eat his body and his blood literally. Lutherans and the Eastern Orthodox do to. Protestants take Jesus words about the bread and wine figuratively.

Answer 9

Because the doctrine of "Transubstantiation" --the conversion of the elements during Consecration of the Holy Mass-- is among the primary dogma of the Holy Eucharist in the Roman Catholic Church [and Eastern Orthodox Church]...

Peace be with you.

Answer 10

The bread and wine are a symbol.

Once Judas has left, Jesus introduces a meal to commemorate his impending death. He takes a loaf of the unleavened bread, expresses thanks in prayer, breaks it, and instructs the 11 to partake. "This means my body," he says, "which is to be given in your behalf. Keep doing this in remembrance of me." He then takes a cup of red wine. After saying a blessing, he passes the cup to them, telling them to drink out of it. Jesus adds: "This means my 'blood of the covenant,' which is to be poured out in behalf of many for forgiveness of sins."—Luke 22:19, 20; Matthew 26:26-28.

During that momentous evening, Jesus teaches his faithful apostles many valuable lessons, and among these the importance of brotherly love. (John 13:34, 35) He assures them that they will receive a "helper," the holy spirit. It will bring back to their minds all the things he has told them. (John 14:26) Later in the evening, they must be very encouraged to hear Jesus say a fervent prayer in their behalf. (John, chapter 17) After singing songs of praise, they leave the upper room and follow Jesus out into the cool late-night air.