Oh wait, that's in the Bible! They never read it...
Disgusting...
2007-11-14 05:26:47 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The Holy Eucharist is NOT "Calvary all over again." It *is* Calvary, the once-and-for-all Sacrifice of Christ for our sins.
Christ is NOT sacrificed over and over again in the Catholic Mass and whomever told you that was sorely mistaken. The Liturgy of the Eucharist enables us to transcend time and participate in Christ's once-and-for-all Sacrifice.
Christ instituted the Eucharist at the Last Supper and told us to "Do this (continually) in memory of Me." If your church is NOT observing this command, you are the ones who aren't reading your Bible carefully, not us.
Catholic teaching on the subject (from the Compendium of the Catechism):
Jesus instituted the Eucharist on Holy Thursday “the night on which he was betrayed” (1 Corinthians 11:23), as he celebrated the Last Supper with his apostles.
After he had gathered with his apostles in the Cenacle, Jesus took bread in his hands. He broke it and gave it to them saying, “Take this and eat it, all of you; this is my Body which will be given up for you”. Then, he took the cup of wine in his hands and said, “Take this and drink of this, all of you. This is the cup of my Blood, the Blood of the new and everlasting covenant. It will be shed for you and for all so that sins may be forgive. Do this in memory of me”.
The Eucharist was foreshadowed in the Old Covenant above all in the annual Passover meal celebrated every year by the Jews with unleavened bread to commemorate their hasty, liberating departure from Egypt. Jesus foretold it in his teaching and he instituted it when he celebrated the Last Supper with his apostles in a Passover meal. The Church, faithful to the command of her Lord, “Do this in memory of me” (1 Corinthians 11:24), has always celebrated the Eucharist, especially on Sunday, the day of the Resurrection of Jesus.
****The Eucharist is a memorial in the sense that it makes present and actual the sacrifice which Christ offered to the Father on the cross, once and for all on behalf of mankind.**** The sacrificial character of the Holy Eucharist is manifested in the very words of institution, “This is my Body which is given for you” and “This cup is the New Covenant in my Blood that will be shed for you” (Luke 22:19-20). The sacrifice of the cross and the sacrifice of the Eucharist are one and the same sacrifice. The priest and the victim are the same; only the manner of offering is different: in a bloody manner on the cross, in an unbloody manner in the Eucharist.
Check out that part between the stars -- ONCE AND FOR ALL, not "new".
2007-11-14 05:54:53 · answer #1 · answered by sparki777 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
I just love you people who have the audacity to criticize something you know nothing about! Catholics DO NOT BELIEVE that the Eucharist is "Calvary all over again." It is the reception of the body of Christ. Further, do you even know any Catholics? Then how do you know Catholics don't read it? We're the ones that put it together in it's present day form! We may not memorize it, but you can memorize anything and not know what it means. Your ignorance is disgusting! But I'll pray for you to come back to the one, true Christian Church and celebrate your return as I would any prodigal son. Oops! How could I possibly know about that since it's in the bible.
2007-11-14 05:44:52 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
#1 I think that the fact that people pull stuff out of the bible to support their own opinions and smack down others opinions is more disgusting than not reading it in the first place.
#2 Catholics do read the Bible
#3 I am not Catholic, so it may just be ignorance on my part. . but do they really beleive communion is 'Calvary all over again', or is that just what your pastor says in an effort to disprove catholicism.
#4 Maybe we should stop arguing over docrine and using the Bible to back up our particular opinions, and start putting into practice the beautiful words of Jesus.
2007-11-14 05:39:03 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Catholics do not believe that Communion is Calvary all over again.
The Eucharist is not a repeat -- it is a sharing in the one single sacrifice for all times. As silly of an analogy as it may be -- the altar is not a death bed, it's a time machine.
The Eucharist is the body and blood of Jesus on the One Cross, not on a million little crosses.
Nice strawman. Even as an atheist I will not let it stand uncontested.
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Chris:
Prior to 400 AD, there was no approved canon. Indeed, this caused numerous small schisms (and large ones) because various communities were using different collections of books.
A council of Catholic Bishops was held to hammer out a canon.
This is all a matter of historical record and can easily be looked up.
The canon that was settled on consisted of 73 books. This number would remain constant until Martin Luther translated the Old Testament using the Pentateuch instead of the Septuagint, and reduced the number to 66.
This is also a matter of historic record and can easily be looked up.
2007-11-14 05:32:37 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 1⤋
We do not think that communion is Calvary all over again. We are following Christ's instructions.
1 Corinthians 11
24And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me.
25After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, this cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me.
Please also read John chapter 6. We hold that Jesus makes it very clear that communion is literal, not symbolic.
But what do I know about the bible? I am Catholic after all.
2007-11-14 05:43:33 · answer #5 · answered by Adoptive Father 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Where on EARTH do you get the idea that Holy Communion (i.e., "Eucharist" - which means "thanksgiving" in Greek - but that might mean you might actually LEARN something here...so forget I said that!) is "Calvary all over again"???
That's completely wrong. We are participants in remembrance - Greek "anamnesis" - of the one Holy and sufficient sacrifice, oblation, and satisfaction, for the sins of the whole world...
That happened once.
Get a grip and perhaps read a book.
2007-11-14 05:38:42 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
catholic ability well-known, or international-huge. It does no longer recommend "Roman Catholic" The early Christians developed this creed previous to the Roman Catholic church being depending. The early Church did no longer have the "sola Scriptura" doctrine, because the canon of the scripture had no longer yet been finally determined, except for the 4 gospels, which had circulated very early on. The authority of the early church got here from the apostles.
2016-10-24 05:41:45 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Disgusting is right!!!!
You fundies do not know 2 cents about what Catholics believe.
And yes, I can assure you that we **DO** read the Bible, & in fact are responsible for putting the Books in the Bible.
Protestants are the ones who are responsible for editing the Bible.
2007-11-14 05:31:30 · answer #8 · answered by clusium1971 7 · 5⤊ 1⤋
We believe Christ died on the cross and rose from the dead. He also told his apostles at the last supper to take and eat fro 'this is my body' (not a representation of my body, not a likeness, but MY BODY).
Good night, Springton!
2007-11-14 05:34:56 · answer #9 · answered by Goethe's Ghostwriter 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
We believe that Christ said "this is my body given up for you, and this is my blood shed for the remission of sins" but that's in the Gospels .
Oh I forgot the prots never read the words of Jesus in the Gospel instead they concentrate on Leviticus.
Disgusting isn't it?
2007-11-14 05:32:35 · answer #10 · answered by carl 4 · 5⤊ 2⤋