How come Catholics think the bread and wine is literally Christs blood and body,?

Question

while the rest of the Bibe they say is not to be taken literally, while many other Christians, who take everything else in the Bible literally, do not?

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Answer 1

Jesus requested that he be remembered when his followers eat and drink. The wine is symbolic of his blood, the bread a symbol of his flesh.

Answer 2

The belief of the Real Presence of Jesus Christ in the Eucharist is backup by both Scripture and Sacred Tradition. This is what was believed by
+ The Apostles
+ The first century Catholics
+ The second century Catholics
+ The third century Catholics
+ The fourth century Catholics
+ The fifth century Catholics
+ The sixth century Catholics
+ The seventh century Catholics
+ The eighth century Catholics
+ The ninth century Catholics
+ The tenth century Catholics
+ The eleventh century Catholics
+ The twelfth century Catholics
+ The thirteenth century Catholics
+ The fourteenth century Catholics
+ The fifteenth century Catholics
+ The sixteenth century Catholics
+ The seventeenth century Catholics
+ The eighteenth century Catholics
+ The nineteenth century Catholics
+ The twentieth century Catholics
+ The twenty-first century Catholics

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

John 6:22-69

In short, Jesus discourses with the Apostles and other Jews.

In verses 53-56, He states categorically: "Amen, amen, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood you do not have life within you. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him on the last day. For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me and I in him.

In verse 60 we learn that many of those who followed Him certainly took Him literally and believed He spoke literally, because they couldn't take the idea of cannabalism any better than you can today, so they left off following Him.

In verses 67-68 , He asks the 12 Apostles, "Do you also want to leave?" Simon Peter answered Him, "Master, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life."

He let people go away from Him, stop following and believing Him, endangering their salvation. If He'd meant it figuratively, all He had to do was tell them, "Hey, fellas. I meant it symbolically. I'm not really asking you to turn cannibal on my behalf." But He didn't say that, did He?

Transubstantiation, the miracle whereby bread and wine become the essence of the Body and Blood of Chirst IS a toughie. For those who cannot stand the thought that there might be more in heaven and on earth than they can explain and understand, this is a true stumbling block. Pride'll do that to you, you know.

Answer 4

Lutherans also believe it to be they body and blood of Christ.
Catholics believe the priest transforms (might not be the right word) the bread and wine into Christ's body and blood, Lutherans believe in the "real presence", It just is.
I wasn't aware Catholics didn't take the bible literally.

Answer 5

Catholics take several things literally:

Prohibition against divorce;
Remarrying constitutes adultery;
Looking lustfully at a woman constitutes adultery;

Simon, being renamed Peter, and given the keys of the kingdom of heaven, is recognized as the first Pope.

The Apostles, and therefore all of their successors (i.e., Catholic Bishops and priests) were given by Jesus the authority to forgive sins in His name.

Jesus himself said that the bread and wine, were his body and blood, and the Gospel of John details at length why this should be taken literally.

Answer 6

The last supper was a real occurence. Jesus actually did say this is my blood and my body, it has be given up for you. Jesus literally gave his body and his blood so we may have a chance at entering heaven. We don't talk all of the bible literally, no. But we do take somethings. It also depends on which testment you are looking at. In the old testment, we take things in not such a literal way. While in the New Testment, we take things more in a literal way. Jesus preached in parables, which are stories, which weren't all real occurences, but lessons of faith.

Answer 7

We don't teach that the entire Bible is allegorical. We are fortunately educated about things like historical context (time, place, culture), linguistics (the Bible was not written in English originally) and literary style (because the Bible was compiled over thousands of years by hundreds of writers). We believe the Eucharist is not symbolic because it is not. We are not responsible for how other people interpret or use our books.

Answer 8

Where in the bible did it say that? Luther, the Protestant founder, believed in the presence of Jesus in the Eucharist and he argued with his fellow Protestant brothers about this. Why can't Protestant understand that even their own founder believed in the true presence?

John 6:53-58, 66-67
"So Jesus said to them, 'Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, you have no life in you; he who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day. For my flesh is food indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me and I in him. As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so he who eats me will live because of me. This is the bread which came down from heaven, not such as the fathers ate and died; he who eats this bread will live forever.' After this many of his disciples drew back and no longer went about with him. Jesus said to the twelve, 'Will you also go away"

1 Corinthians 11:27
"Whoever, therefore, eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of profaning the body and blood of the Lord."

This is proof that Jesus is reallly present in Eucharist. In Corinthians, it says if you eat in an unworthy manner you are profaning the lord because it is really his blood.

Answer 9

Because the bible says drink of my blood and eat of my flesh. This is part of the communion which is a very sacred ceremony and not to be entered into with unforgiven sin in your heart.

Answer 10

Look at the picture of the last supper whats on the table wine and bread.