Do Catholics believe the body of Jesus can be eaten in the form of a cracker?

Question

If so, why?

Answer 1

Yes.
It is known as "Transubstantiation".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transubstantiation

Answer 2

>>Do Catholics believe the body of Jesus can be eaten in the form of a cracker?<<

Yes.

>>If so, why?<<

Because He said so. "Now as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed, and broke it, and gave it to the disciples and said, 'Take, eat; this is my body.'" - Matthew 26:26

Answer 3

Luke 22:19; a million Cor. 11:24-25 - the interpretation of Jesus' words of consecration is "touto poieite tan eman anamnasin." Jesus actually mentioned "furnish this as my memorial sacrifice." The be conscious “poiein” (do) refers to offering a sacrifice (see Exodus 29:38-39, the place God makes use of an identical be conscious – poieseis – related to the sacrifice of the lambs on the altar). The be conscious “anamnesis” (remembrance) additionally refers to a sacrifice it is relatively or relatively made modern-day in time by potential of the capability of God, because it reminds God of the relatively adventure (see Heb. 10:3; Num. 10:10). it relatively is not any longer purely a memorial of a previous adventure, yet a previous adventure made modern-day in time. In different words, the “sacrifice” is the “memorial” or “reminder.” If the Eucharist weren’t a sacrifice, Luke could have used the be conscious “mnemosunon” (it is the be conscious used to describe a nonsacrificial memorial. See Matt. 26:thirteen; Mark 14:9; and distinctly Acts 10:4). So there are 2 memorials, one sacrificial (which Jesus instituted), and one non-sacrificial. Lev. 24:7 - the be conscious "memorial" in Hebrew interior the sacrificial sense is "azkarah" intending to truly make modern-day (see Lev. 2:2,9,sixteen;5:12;6:5; Num.5:26 the place “azkarah” refers to sacrifices that are presently provided and for this reason modern-day in time). Jesus' education to furnish the bread and wine (which He replaced into His physique and blood) as a "memorial offering" demonstrates that the offering of His physique and blood is made modern-day in time repeatedly lower back.

Answer 4

All things are possible with God. We call things that we cannot explain miracles.

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 5

Well, how could a creation eat the body of so called creator??? even though its just a symbol.. but dont u think that u are worst.. u eat the body of the creator/ God!!!!

anyway, read this verses.. taken from King James Version :-

51I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.

52The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat?

53Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you.

54Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.

55FOR MY FLESH IS MEAT INDEED, and MY BLOOD IS DRINK INDEED

From that verses, Jesus said LITERALLY that to have eternal life with him u must indeed eat his meat and drink his Blood....

Not some crackers or symbols of his body!

can anybody tell me who has ever follow what he said above?

Answer 6

Supposedly making a wafer into the actual body and blood of Jesus Christ? That is idolatry and it is also blasphemy think about it.

*Rallie Flore FY, The Catechism says that the wafer actually becomes the body and blood of the Son of God.

This makes the Pope and Priest, the creator of "The Creator."

The Pope and the Priest have the power to create "The Creator", that would put them superior to God.

That's surely a fulfillment of prophecy when the Bible says this about antichrist.

Answer 7

Its all symbolic really, flesh is cracker, wine is blood. Its symbolic of his sacrafice for us. Many other religions do it as well. Im LDS or Mormon and we have the sacrament every week. We take broken pieces of bread, and little cups of water. We take the sacrament and think about the sacrafice Jesus made for us on the cross. I don't think they actually think they're eating Jesus or anything...that would be kind of akward.

Answer 8

Using a wafer for the body of our Lord is a symbolic gesture, drinking wine is also symbolic of the blood the Lord shed for the world. Hence the body and blood given as a sacrifice for the sins of the world.

Answer 9

Jesus did not cut his wrist to draw blood for his disciple to drink it. Instead, he lift a cup of wine and told them "this is my blood". Then he broke a real bread and said "this is my body". He did not cut any flesh from his body; so what is your problem with the crackers? From the very start it was just a make belief. Please grow up and do not let anyone catch your ignorance. Your intention to insult Catholics is hitting you back.

Answer 10

cracker?!?! no it's more like a wafer -unlevened bread as Christ used at the Last Supper and said - "Take and eat, this is My Body".

Answer 11

No.. It's more of a symbol. "take this cracker into you as you take your faith in the son of christ into you" sort of thing.
they don't believe the cracker is actually part of the body of christ.