What is that stuff?

Question

i think it is Catholic's that eat it and it looks like a peice of bread or a cracker biscut they have it with the wine after like mass, i have no idea im an Atheist and was just woundering how it tastes?

ok ive found out that it represents gods flesh but why would you be eating it then?

Answer 1

All Christians eat it. It's a bit of unleavened bread, and it's eating during communion to represent God's (Jesus) flesh.

Answer 2

I was a former Catholic. Communion bread is a thin white wafer and is pretty plain. Although it's not sweet or sour, it is tasty. It has a good consistency too. When placed on the tongue you're supposed to let some of it dissolve in your mouth before consuming it. Communion bread symbolizes the body of Christ.

Eating the "body of Christ" symbolizes your love for Him. It pretty much renews your faith in Jesus and God. Eating the bread when you have not confessed your sins is considered a sin. You are kind of lying to yourself and to the church.

You drink the wine which is the blood of Christ. I miss the wine part.

Here's the recipe if you so choose...

Communion Bread

4 1/2 cups whole wheat flour (540g)
1 1/3 cups all purpose flour (170g)
2 1/4 cups warm water

Preheat the oven to 450 F.

Mix flours together, then add water all at once. Stir until flour is moistened and begins to "clean" the sides of the bowl. When I make the bread I find there's still quite a bit of flour that is not incorporated into the dough at this stage - that's fine. Dump the whole mess out onto the counter or a board and begin kneading. Knead for 5 minutes or until smooth - you may need to add a little flour as you go if it becomes sticky (use whole wheat flour). When done kneading, cover the dough and let it rest for 5 minutes (I just leave it on the counter and turn the bowl upside down to cover it). Style the bread.

Place loaves on cookie sheets lined with parchment or lightly oiled. Bake bread for 15 to 18 minutes until the center is firm and loaf sounds hollow when tapped on the bottom. Cool on a rack.

Answer 3

The Sacrament of Communion is a sacrificial meal. In ancient times (and in modern times, some religions still practice sacrifice), when an animal was sacrificed, it was eaten by the present worshippers. In eating the sacrifice, the worshippers become "one" with the one sacrificed, hoping to please God (or gods, depending on the religion).

Only on rare occasions was a sacrifice completely burned away (in Judaism). Most of the time, especially at Passover, the animal (a year-old lamb or goat) the entire animal was eaten. The animal was killed to take away the sins of the past year--its blood was accepted as a substitute for the guilty humans acts.

In Communion, we remember that Christ offered Himself as a sacrifice to take away the sins of the world. The simple elements, bread and wine/juice, represent His body and His blood, sacrificed as our substitute. Whenever Christians join together for this meal, they are proclaiming two things:

1. That Jesus was sacrificed as the atonement for the entire planet, past, present, and future.

2. That we, as Christians, are accepting of this sacrifice made on our behalf, and are entering into a relationship with God based on it. The sacrament is a continuation of the sacrificial meal.

Hope that helps.

Answer 4

The technical term for it is a Host not a wafer. After the consecration in the Mass this Host is truly the body, blood, soul, and divinity of Jesus. It is different in the Roman Catholic Church than in any other Church as in any other Church it is just a symbol of his body but, in the Catholic Church he is truly present in the Host. The Roman Catholic priests are the only ones with the Apostolic succession of ordination that can consecrate the Host.

Answer 5

It is called a wafer and it represents Jesus body, which was broken for even you. It melts on the tongue and has basically no taste. Other religions, like the Methodists mostly use unleavened bread.

Answer 6

It is a small wafer of unleavened bread that catholics believe is magically changed into the actual "body of christ" during a particular ceremony.

Answer 7

Lutherans also take "Communion" the wafer and the wine. We do this in remembrance of Jesus dying for our sins.

Answer 8

it's called a wafer and tastes like rice cake. but it becomes the body of christ.

Answer 9

tastes like chikin