2007-01-25 08:35:21 · 21 answers · asked by Zhukov 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Generally, coarse flour and water, rarely anything more. Sometimes a preservative, I'm sure.
Most importantly, there is no baking soda, baking powder, or yeast in it -- absolutely no levening.
The reason levening is avoided is because it is meant to commemorate the Exodus, when the people had to move so quickly that they did not have time to let their dough rise and had to eat it as unlevened/barely levened flat-bread.
2007-01-25 08:41:12 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
Facts About The Host ... the bread used in the celebration of the Most Holy Eucharistic Sacrifice must be unleavened, purely of wheat, and recently made so that there is no danger of decomposition. It follows therefore that bread made from another substance, even if it is grain, or if it is mixed with another substance different from wheat to such an extent that it would not commonly be considered wheat bread, does not constitute valid matter for confecting the Sacrifice and the Eucharistic Sacrament.
2007-01-25 08:51:24 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Peace!
The doctrine of the Real Presence asserts that in the Holy Eucharist, Jesus is literally and wholly present - body and blood, soul and divinity - under the appearance of bread and wine. Evangelicals and Fundamentalists frequently attack this doctrine as "unbiblical" but the Bible is forthright in declaring it (cf 1 Corinthians 10,16-17, 11,23-29; and most forcefully, John 6,32-71).
The early Church fathers interpreted these passages literally.
Ignatius of Antioch
"I have no taste for corruptible food nor the pleasures of this life. I desire the bread of God, which is the flesh of Jesus Christ, who was of the seed of David; and for drink I desire his blood, which is love incorruptible" (Letter to the Romans 7:3 [A.D. 110]).
2007-01-25 09:01:36 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Catholics obtain Holy Eucharist. Holy Eucharist is holy. Thats at the same time as the bread & wine will develop into consecrated and it is going to develop into Jesus's body & Blood, no longer a type. Thats the position the Baptist and Catholics fluctuate. they trust the bread & wine are merely symbols. So, its no longer holy. The bread isn't keep offered both.
2016-12-03 01:18:38 · answer #4 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go to this site to find the truth if you really want to know. It is not just any bread made of wheat flour and water. It is more than that. God bless you!
http://www.theworkofgod.org/devotns/euchrist/Euchrist.htm
2007-01-25 08:55:41 · answer #5 · answered by lookinglostfriend 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Before the consecration :bread ,after the consecration no more bread but the glorified body of Jesus and His blood and His soul and His divinity.
2007-01-25 08:47:33 · answer #6 · answered by carl 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For valid consecration the hosts must be:
made of wheaten flour,
mixed with pure natural water,
baked in an oven, or between two heated iron moulds, and
they must not be corrupted (Miss. Rom., De Defectibus, III, 1).
God Bless You
2007-01-25 08:46:19 · answer #7 · answered by ? 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Transubstantiation vs. consubstantiation vs. symbol only, let me give you the Reformed/Presbyterian official answer:
"I don't know." God's people just take it.
2007-01-25 08:48:47 · answer #8 · answered by ccrider 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pieces of dead saints. They ran out of Jesus a long time ago, no one to do the Fish and Bread trick... That explains the incorruptible saints also... Lots pf preservatives to keep them fresh for bread making.
2007-01-25 08:42:54 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋
It IS bread. Just blessed bread.
2007-01-25 08:45:35 · answer #10 · answered by Sain 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋