Why do mos Christians think.....?

Question

That the Eucharist litterally turns into the blood and body of Christ?

I don't remember it saying in the bible "eat this all of you for it is my flesh. And when Jesus spoke those words it turned into flesh." or "drink this all of you, for it is my blood. And when Jesus spoke those words it turned into blood."

He said do this in memory of me....I think it's just a representation of Christ, not Christ himself....

agree/disagree?

most*.........

Hey dipstick...the Catholic, Orthodox, Anglican, and many others DO believe that happens..and those 3 alone make up the majority of the Chrsitians....so most Christians *DO* believe that!

Answer 1

I agree, the idea for the Eucharist was made up by the church, it was taken from the last supper, where, as you correctly stated, Jesus said to remember him. the entire christian religion is a plethora of contradictions like this one. this is why I can't understand how people still believe it. at least Luther and his, transubstantiation, consubstantiation theory made sense, the whole idea of Christianity is to remember the teaching of Jesus, the church usurped the power of Jesus( if you believe ) and led the congregation to believe that they had inherited the power of God through prayer. its a joke when will people of this world actually read about religious origen, in varied text and not just the bible (yawn)

Answer 2

If you really want the answer to this question, you will have to study the evolution of the doctrine of transubstantiation. It was originally based on a Platonic model of soteriology. Early Christians maintained that the "ousia" of the bread and wine remained unchanged, but that the purpose of the ceremony altered the "energeia" of the elements. When Aristotelianism dominated western European theology, they retranslated the idea of the Eucharist into "substance" vs. "accidents," and maintained that the substance changed, but the accidents remained unchanged.
As for Scriptural precedent, just read the function of the Eucharist in the New Testament.

Good call on the "most" part. At least 75% of Christians believe in some form of transubstantiation. But the Orthodox view is very, very different from the Roman Catholic, Anglican and Lutheran views.

Answer 3

These are merely, symbols and not real "flesh and blood" items. Jesus' BODY was resurrected from the tomb and there was no "flesh and blood" around, remaining for any human to literally eat and drink [consume]. Therefore, we may most appropriately conclude that these instructions to both, "eat my flesh and drink my blood" were to be adhered to by future generations of the Christian churches as portrayed, by the "bread and the wine". In short, it is a representation of Jesus Christ !!!

Answer 4

The idea that all revealed truth is to be found in "66 books" is not only not in Scripture, it is contradicted by Scripture (1 Corinthians 11:2, 2 Thessalonians 2:15, 2 Thessalonians 3:6, 1 Timothy 3:15, 2 Peter 1:20-21, 2 Peter 3:16). It is a concept unheard of in the Old Testament, where the authority of those who sat on the Chair of Moses (Matthew 23:2-3) existed. In addition to this, for 400 years, there was no defined canon of "Sacred Scripture" aside from the Old Testament; there was no "New Testament"; there was only Tradition and non-canonical books and letters.


Our Lord founded a Church (Matthew 16:18-19), not a book, which was to be the pillar and ground of Truth (1 Timothy 3:15). We can know what this Church teaches by looking not only at Sacred Scripture, but into History and by reading what the earliest Christians have written, what those who've sat on the Chair of Peter have spoken consistently with Scripture and Tradition, and what they've solemnly defined. To believe that the Bible is our only source of Christian Truth is unbiblical and illogical.


The Mass is a true Sacrifice: Christ, as the High Priest after the order of Melchizedek, offers the graces of His once and for all Sacrifice on the Cross to us sacramentally under the appearances of bread and wine through the ministry of His ordained priests


Christ's ordained priests offer Christ to the Father under the appearances of bread and wine. Christ is really and truly present, under the appearance of bread and wine, in every way: Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity.


The Church, as the Body of Christ, offers Herself to God. Each member, as a part of the royal priesthood offers his or her own sufferings and prayers, uniting them with Christ's offering of Himself. This includes the entire Church: Militant, Suffering, and Triumphant.


Christ is not recrucified; the Sacrifice of the Mass is unbloody -- after the order of Melchizedek. Christ died once at a finite point in History; but God is outside of time and His offering of Himself is eternal. The Grace Christ offers in the Divine Liturgy and what He offered on the Cross are of the same sacrifice; therefore, in no way can the liturgical Sacrifice be a "repetition" of the Crucifixion. His sacrifice is re-presented ("made present again in some way"). As the Council of Trent put it, "The fruits of that bloody sacrifice, it is well understood, are received most abundantly through this unbloody one, so far is the latter from derogating in any way from the former."


The Sacrifice of the Mass is a propitiatory sacrifice, that is, it is made for the remission of sins and for the appeasement of the Father. The Old Testament sacrifices were ineffectual, but the Sacrifice of Christ on Calvary, which the Mass re-presents, is effectual because Christ Himself is both the High Priest and the perfect Victim. Partaking of His Body remits venial sin and sanctifies.

Answer 5

At the Mass, the bread and wine become the sacramental Presence of Jesus Christ. It is not only "symbolic"; it is the real, true bringing-forth of the glorified Body and Blood of our Lord, Who is then offered to appease the Father as a perfect Sacrifice -- a re-presentation of Christ's Historical and perfect, once and for all Sacrifice at Calvary.

Christ offers Himself to us by His Real Presence in the Eucharist after the Holy Ghost changes these gifts from "bread and wine" into Sacrament; and we, members of the royal priesthood offer ourselves to God, worshipping Him with the angels in Heaven who sing "Holy, Holy, Holy!" without ceasing.

Answer 6

Agree, 100%. God bless. Catholics believe this, I am not Catholic.

Answer 7

Most Christian don't think this.

Dipstick

Answer 8

i have agree, i mean who wants be cannibals?!