right, so know that i know that catholic belief is that concecrated communion breat changes into the body of jesus christ, so do catholic vegitariens accept communion bread?
i am not trying to be blasphemous or offend anyone, i genuinly want to know.
2007-12-25 08:38:07 · 10 answers · asked by curious 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I work w/ a die hard Catholic,vegeatarian.She goes to Mass religiously and takes the host.
2007-12-25 10:56:55 · answer #1 · answered by paula r 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm not a vegetarian, but I cannot imagine a vegetarian having any problem with the Eucharist. If they did, then they would be like the disciples in John 6:60-66 Many of his disciples, when they heard it, said, "This is a hard saying; who can listen to it?" But Jesus, knowing in himself that his disciples murmured at it, said to them, "Do you take offense at this? Then what if you were to see the Son of man ascending where he was before? It is the spirit that gives life, the flesh is of no avail; the words I have spoken to you are spirit and life. But there are some of you that do no believe." For Jesus knew from the first who those were that did not believe, and who it was that would betray him. And he said, "This is why I told you that no one can come to me unless it is granted him by the Father." After this many of his disciples drew back and no longer went about with him.
Why did many of Jesus' disciples leave him then? In John 6:52-56 The Jews disputed among themselves, saying, "How can this man give us his flesh to eat?" So Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say unto you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, you have no life in you; 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...."
Obviously Jesus did not mean for them to partake in cannibalism. There is much more to eating his flesh and blood in the Eucharist than just that. In 1 Cor 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." Clearly, the Eucharist is something more than just symbolic, you can't profane Christ over a mere symbol.
2007-12-25 09:20:48 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is the living bread.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05573a.htm
for a good understanding, read this article.
My own words are inadequate and unlearned.
http://www.acfp2000.com/Miracles/eucharistic.html
Miracles of the Eucharist.
warning: graphic images.
There are Catholics who cannot drink wine and are excused from the Precious Blood. Vegetarian Catholics are under as much obedience as other Catholics to join in Holy Communion.
2007-12-25 08:49:44 · answer #3 · answered by Shinigami 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It really is a silly question, but the communion is in the form and appearence of bread and wine. It nourishes the body as bread and wine. Chemically speaking, it is bread and wine. However, it is still substancially the body and blood of Christ and not merely in a symbolic manner. It nourishes the body as bread and wine and is a spiritual food for the soul.
2007-12-25 08:47:44 · answer #4 · answered by gismoII 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That is the catholic belief and not to offend anyone either but there is no where in the bible that says it is required to have bread that supposedly changed into the actual body of Jesus...transubstination...is not a christian belief..maybe I didn't say it right but ...a (real) christian does not believe that the communion wafer actually turns into the flesh body of Jesus...The bible says this about salvation...
Romans 10:9 That if thou shalt confess with your mouth and believe in your that God has raised Jesus from the dead thou shalt be saved....the only requirement for salvation....believing in Jesus and what the bible says about him and that he died for our sins...
2007-12-25 08:49:29 · answer #5 · answered by soldier612 5 · 1⤊ 3⤋
One of the many conundrums. I'll let a Catholic try to field that one.
2007-12-25 08:43:21 · answer #6 · answered by hasse_john 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
what a big joke.you just made me laugh so hard i almost fainted.when i was a catholic the bread never tasted like flesh.maybe they dipped it in something to make it taste different.never knew we used to eat body parts.i wonder why we never got to drink the wine.a good buss would of felt good every sunday morning.no wonder the priest always felt so good after mass.
2007-12-25 08:54:22 · answer #7 · answered by bigjon5555 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Is there a such thing as a catholic vegetarian?
2007-12-25 08:50:33 · answer #8 · answered by Higgy Baby 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If your not Catholic it burns.
2007-12-25 08:51:39 · answer #9 · answered by Moderation in almost all things2 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Learn to look at things symbolically, not literally.
2007-12-25 08:53:36 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋