Do you believe that the bread (host) physically turns into flesh (Jesus) after it enters your body? Or do you believe that it's just a symbol. I'd like to know how you all view this.
2007-02-01 07:20:21 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Man, that's gross.
2007-02-01 07:24:50 · answer #1 · answered by boukenger 4 · 0⤊ 5⤋
As Catholic I believe that the Eucharist is the Body of Christ. John clearly addresses this issue. Sure, some freak and say, "That's cannibalism" (eating Jesus) and Jesus addresses this fear in John (Jn 6: 32-59 ).
I too struggled with munching on a dead dude ... then a holy person explained this to me. When I eat & drink the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ, I am nurished. His being is digested and fills me from within. Further, when I join with Jesus during by eating Jesus, well, I'm morphed back in time to become the body of Jesus along with all those who came before me and who will come after me.
2007-02-01 15:34:11 · answer #2 · answered by Giggly Giraffe 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
The teaching on transubstantiation means that the substance of the bread is changed to the substance of the body of Jesus, and the wine into the substance of the blood of Jesus, all this while still appearing as bread and wine, it's a miracle wrought by Jesus who uses the hands and mouth of the priest who says "This is my body".
The Holy Spirit gives this grace, of changing bread and wine into the body and blood of Jesus, to the ordained priesthood.
2007-02-01 15:42:52 · answer #3 · answered by carl 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The doctrine is that bread and wine turn to flesh and blood during the Eucharistic Prayer, which is done during the Mass.
Do I believe a cracker and some cheap wine become the literal body and blood of a 2000 year old dead guy? No. I guess I am a bad Catholic. Then why are you a Catholic? you may ask. Good question, I am not sure I have a good answer.
2007-02-01 15:28:53 · answer #4 · answered by Adoptive Father 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Catholics really & truly believe that the moment the priest says "this is My body...." the bread is changed into the body of Christ. It still has the appearance of bread, the texture, the taste..all of the outward things are the same, but the substance has trasformed into the body of Christ. Many Catholics don't really believe this because they have gone to church all of their life, and it has become...say, habitual...which is sad. there are so many essays and such about the eucharist, it'd blow you away, but if you are interested, read some Catholic Catechism....
:o)
2007-02-01 15:30:09 · answer #5 · answered by bumble bee 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
The Catholics believe in transubstantiation, which is one of the major things that separate them from other christian faiths. Personally, I think it's kinda bogus...but is it really any more bogus than any of the other magical actions of god that we are taught to believe? Not saying that God is fake or Christianity is wrong, because that's not what I believe, but threes alot of pretty far fetched stuff in the bible that is easily explained a "it's God, all powerful, can do anything, case closed". So I dunno, literal flesh or just a symbol i don't think it really matters.
2007-02-01 15:31:30 · answer #6 · answered by joecool123_us 5 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Jesus said "This is my body" not "this is a symbol of my body"
Case closed for me!
2007-02-01 15:23:10 · answer #7 · answered by C 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
im not Catholic but its just symbols of what happened..
2007-02-01 15:25:46 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋