2007-10-30 08:29:07 · 6 answers · asked by Mike R 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I'm Catholic. Not everybody shares our doctrinal beliefs. Many (but not all) Protestants see the Eucharist as merely symbolic. However, I think you'll find that Anglicans, Episcopalians, the Orthodox churches and others are quite respectful of the Eucharist. There are some groups that don't observe it at all. But rather than worrying about what others do, I think it's more important to work toward increasing our own reverence toward the Holy Eucharist.
2007-10-30 08:42:39 · answer #1 · answered by solarius 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Depends on what you mean by disrepect - do you mean by non-Catholics, or by Catholics themselves?
I would say the first two answers are fine examples of disrespect of the Holy Eucharist.
The main way I see Catholics disrespect the Eucharist is to leave immediately after partaking of it. They come in, play around during the service, take the Eucharist and run off to the rest of their day. The service isn't over yet and they're running out the door. It's like watching the Super Bowl and turning it off when the 2-minute buzzer goes off!
However, I do not believe that the Holy Eucharist is the single source of Catholicism. I believe that Christ is the single source of the Church.
2007-10-30 08:41:04 · answer #2 · answered by whimwinkle 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I would argue that the source and summit of the Catholic faith ought to be Christ....who is the source of all Christians who wish to be forgiven for sins and who wish to participate in communion in remembrance of Him as He instructed. Yet Catholicism often rejects those who comes earnestly to do so (simply because they are not members of the Catholic Church). I humbly believe this is in the same spirit of the money changers in the temple market that Jesus so strongly opposed.
2007-10-30 08:35:46 · answer #3 · answered by whitehorse456 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Because Jesus never taught cannibalism.
Catholics are not saved and are not Christians. Catholics believe a false gospel of works that leads to eternal hell (Galatians 1).
Bible teachers that said the Vatican and the catholic cult are an antichrist: John Bunyan, John Huss, John Wycliffe, John Calvin, William Tyndale, John Knox, Thomas Bacon, John Wesley, Charles Spurgeon, Samuel Cooper, John Cotton, and Jonathan Edwards
2007-10-30 08:31:18 · answer #4 · answered by Chris 4 · 2⤊ 5⤋
do you think it has something to do with the sexual habits of a great number of the people who deliver the thing or do you really think that handing out money makes people forget ,,,but then a catholic would, given their history of selling indulgences
2007-10-30 08:33:17 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 5⤋
misunderstanding and misinformation
2007-10-30 08:34:56 · answer #6 · answered by Orita 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋