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The Church in Corinth was (still is) a Diocese, with several different parishes. They weren’t all in the same building.
This may be true (makes sense, given the size of Corinth), but please take another look at the Scripture passage:
1 Corinthians 11:17 But in the following instructions I do not commend you, because when you come together it is not for the better but for the worse. 18 For, in the first place, when you come together as a church, I hear that there are divisions among you. And I believe it in part, [4] 19 for there must be factions among you in order that those who are genuine among you may be recognized. 20 When you come together, it is not the Lord’s supper that you eat.
It appears they shared the Lord’s Supper as a single group at least some of the time. So Paul’s statement that they don’t have the Lord’s Supper on account of divisions would apply to all of them as well, wouldn’t it?
 
This may be true (makes sense, given the size of Corinth), but please take another look at the Scripture passage:

It appears they shared the Lord’s Supper as a single group at least some of the time. So Paul’s statement that they don’t have the Lord’s Supper on account of divisions would apply to all of them as well, wouldn’t it?
I would understand this to mean that the abuses are of the sort that cause the Consecration to be actually invalid. (And if there can be such a thing as an invalid Eucharist, then there has to be such a thing as a valid Eucharist, as well.)

This is not so startling; it happens even today that certain priests or certain congregations mess around with the Liturgy to the point where the essentials become altogether lost, and they simply don’t have a valid Eucharist at those parishes. (There is a rather infamous parish in the Diocese of Minneapolis that springs to mind right about now.)
 
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Except that your belief is the new one dating back only to 1560 or so, and the RCC belief is the continuation from what the Church has always believed.
No there are many prior to 1560 that have this same belief. All church fathers didn’t believe this way. Again Eusebius didn’t. There were others.
And yet, they contradict the beliefs of the Early Church.
So somebody has something wrong then. I’m sure you will say it is us so this is a pointless conversation.
She is always the boss, and you are always not the boss, in that relationship. Your mother does not have the charism of infallibility, but you still have to obey her, even if she is not only wrong, but completely crazy - unless she asks you to commit a sin, of course.
No I disagree with you. I’m not going to listen to her if she is completely crazy. I think we’re getting way of point here.
Yes, because the nature of Mary tells us about the human nature of Christ, since Christ received his human nature from Mary.
He received HIS human characteristics from her and she from her parents. Now if GOD could protect Mary from sin at the point of conception why not just protect Jesus? Jesus sinless nature came from the Holy Spirit not from Mary. Mary was still human. The Bible states emphatically that all have sinned. All, everyone, anybody whoever existed etc. etc. The only exception the Bible tells us was Jesus.
It isn’t going to.
It already has.
That won’t happen. It’s like saying, “What if Stephen Hawking turns out to be an idiot?” We already have too much evidence going the other way.
But the evidence is subjective. Open for interpretation.
We always have
had, right from the moment Judas joined up with Jesus.

My point exactly. And Judas was an Apostle. So that means that anyone in a leadership position could be a heretic including the pope himself. They’re not protected just like Judas wasn’t.
It depends - if they are conscious of being in heresy and refusing to repent, then no; they are in the state of mortal sin.
Well then there are plenty who are in a state of mortal sin.
If they are just making an honest mistake, or just not understanding something very well, and would correct it if they knew better, then yes, they are in communion with Rome.
They understand it. They just don’t agree with it.

PEACE
 
🙂 hi deacon 110 how do you fit post 267 in with the Lord’s prayer “forgive one another…” ?
I’m gonna need your help on this. Post 267 was quite large:) What do you mean exactly??
 
No there are many prior to 1560 that have this same belief. All church fathers didn’t believe this way. Again Eusebius didn’t. There were others.
I’m not as familiar with Eusebius as I probably should be, but even so, I don’t think he held to a “symbolic Eucharist” idea, even if his ideas weren’t in complete conformity with the philosophy behind Transubstantiation.
No I disagree with you. I’m not going to listen to her if she is completely crazy. I think we’re getting way of point here.
It relates to the point in that it speaks to one’s concept of authority.

If you think it’s okay to judge when you should and shouldn’t obey your mother, outside of situations when she is actually commanding you to sin, then it’s no wonder you became a Protestant, since all authority resides in yourself; not in those to whom God gave it.
He received HIS human characteristics from her and she from her parents. Now if GOD could protect Mary from sin at the point of conception why not just protect Jesus?
He could have done that, sure. But it is very fitting that He chose also to protect Mary from sin, as well.
My point exactly. And Judas was an Apostle. So that means that anyone in a leadership position could be a heretic including the pope himself. They’re not protected just like Judas wasn’t.
St. Peter was protected. (Matthew 16:18-19) And St. Peter’s successors are protected. (Isaiah 22:22)
Well then there are plenty who are in a state of mortal sin.
The children of Fatima were given a vision of Hell, and they said that the souls were falling into Hell so thick and fast, it was like the snowflakes in a November blizzard. That was in 1917; I’m sure it’s much worse than that, now.
 
Are you saying that Christ’s flesh is of no help? :eek:
No Christ is. I’m quoting HIM.
If this is what He was saying, then why did He become Incarnate in the first place?
To preach and fulfill the new covenant which was HIS blood on the Cross. Otherwise how would it have been fulfilled?? Now that Jesus has passed from this life we have HIS Spirit. The Holy Spirit specifically. This is what Jesus promised and as he states it is the Spirit that gives life. The flesh means nothing. The sacrifice is over.

As Jesus said on the Cross “IT IS FINISHED”!!!
And how would His death on the cross for our sins been of any effect, then? 🤷
Answered above. The cross completed HIS work in the flesh. Now it is the Spirit that gives us life. Again Jesus words on the Cross

“IT IS FINISHED”!!!

None of these words are mine are you noticing that? Christ, not I, said the flesh means nothing, Christ, not I, said it is finished at the cross. The problem is you’re trying to change this by proclaiming HIS flesh is in the Eucharist. Read Christ’s words again: The flesh means nothing, it is the spirit that gives life. The words I spoke were of spirit and life. Some still had a major problem with this. Seems you still do as well.:confused:

PEACE
 
If this was blatant heresy, why did it take until 1560 (nearly half a century after the Reformation, even) to come up with a definition of the doctrine of the symbolic Eucharist - and why was it promulgated only in Switzerland and Scotland?
Why was the doctrine of transubstantiation not created until 1215?
When establishing the Eucharist, Jesus held up the bread and said “THIS is My Body.” Then held up the wine and said “THIS is My blood.”
Please re-read what Jesus said. Jesus said this cup is the new covenant in my blood. The covenant is in HIS blood. The cup represents the covenant and likewise the bread represents the body. Then Jesus said do this in remembrance (anamnesis) of me.

Anamnesis: The Supper is a remembrance of Jesus Christ and His atoning sacrifice on the cross. It is not the sacrifice itself.

When we see the bread and wine we remember the sacrifice Jesus made. We don’t re-sacrifice HIM again and again and again. Jesus famous words on the Cross one more time:

“IT IS FINISHED”!!!
The Disciples, who had been earlier wondering, “How do we eat Christ’s body and blood?” now had their answer.
Again it is the spirit that gives life, the flesh means nothing. They saw the confirmation of how to express their belief. The Lord’s Supper is an outward expression of our belief IN Jesus. The only other way we do this is Baptism. But that is a one time event. The Lord’s Supper is meant to be repeated. As Jesus states: as often as you drink from this cup… This is pure spiritual nourishment for us. Why? Because it is the spirit that gives life, the flesh means nothing.
Yes, not a covenant in animal sacrifices. So, just as before they had to eat the animals when it was a covenant in animal sacrifices, so now, we have to consume His Blood.
Again we’re not drinking HIS blood. This is expressly forbidden in Leviticus 17.

Leviticus 17: 10 “If any one of the house of Israel or of the strangers who sojourn among them eats any blood, I will set my face against that person who eats blood and will cut him off from among his people.

WOW sounds like GOD doesn’t want us drinking blood.
How do we do that? Jesus Himself answers this question in the Eucharist, by saying “THIS is My Blood.” The blood in the Chalice that He is holding up is the same blood that poured out for our sins on the Cross.
The blood is not in the chalice. The blood is in the covenant. The cup represents the covenant. Jesus didn’t say “this cup of my blood”. He said this cup is the covenant, in my blood.
This is the Sacrifice; this is what we must consume.
Again I refer you to what Jesus spoke in this famous meal. Do this is in anamnesis (remembrance) of me.

Anamnesis: The Supper is a remembrance of Jesus Christ and His atoning sacrifice on the cross. It is not the sacrifice itself.

How many times do you want to keep sacrificing Jesus? Don’t you think HE’s a little tired of it now. What part of “IT IS FINISHED” are you not getting?

We’re going no where Sister:) But I still Love and Pray for you.

PEACE
 
This has nothing to do with the last supper. Jesus is equating eating HIS flesh and blood with believing in HIM. The last supper is irrevelant at this point in time. Jesus is letting them know that he is giving his flesh to them. How? On the cross. They’re just not getting it. It’s the same as saying drown yourself in ME. Jesus doesn’t turn to water and we literally drown in HIM. If this was an allusion to the last supper then why does John NOT record those word this is my body this is my blood in his gospel? Also you stopped quoting from John chapter 6 to pick up the logical continuation of this teaching. It doesn’t stop at verse 56.
Catholic Church and Early Church Fathers respectfully disagree with your interpretation. But for the first time I have an inking of how this passage could be misunderstood.
John 6:63 It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh is no help at all. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life. 64 But there are some of you who do not believe.”

If the words are spirit and life and the flesh is of no help, then why eat the flesh??
Why die on the Cross?
Now Jesus wasn’t addressing this just to the Apostles. He was calling it to the attention of the person(s) who were sinned against. So basically this is how you and I are to treat sinners against us.
he was addressing Peter in Matthew 16:18, the quote to which you are referring.
  1. Try to reconcile with them personally
  2. If that fails get witnesses and try to reconcile
  3. If that fails take it to the church
  4. If that fails treat them like a pagan or corrupt tax collector
Which Church? What’s a sin in my Church may not be a sin in yours. (Birth control, remarriage after divorce, etc.)
Whatever we bind and loose on earth is bound and loosed in Heaven.
That includes Teaching with Authority.
Rock = Jesus and or GOD. Same thing. Every scriptural reference to rock in the Bible refers to either Jesus or GOD. Look it up.
How do you get Rock=God, when it plainly says, You are Peter (Petros), and on this Rock I will build my Church. You are ROCK and on the ROCK I will build my Church. The French name for Peter is Pierre=Rock. Pierre is also the word for stone. Coincidence?
OK so where does Jesus tell them to pass it on??
It’s a secret between Him and the Apostles 😉 See below:
OK so Jesus spoke in parables to the crowds and clarified things for the Apostles in private. That’s the same today. We still have those same teachings in parables and no one has the intimate knowledge of the Kingdom of Heaven including the pope.
We don’t know it all, but certainly the CHURCH (not the POPE) contains the deposit from the Apostles, which is why CC has more Teachings than Protestants.
Yes but look at the qualifications to be an Apostle. Verses 21-22 They were only able to find 2 people to fit the bill. This does not foreshadow Apostolic succession because no one else existed that had these qualifications. No one today can be considered an Apostle because of verse 21-22. Justin Martyr coined the phrase Apostolic succession because the early chuches had presbyters that were leading people away from Christ or who were unfit to lead period. He stated placing people “like us” (true followers of Christ). This made a lot of sense given the infancy of the Christian church and the persecution it faced. I believe all churches today should be based on Apostolic teachings. In fact both creeds state this. Universal and Apostolic. Apostolic does not mean apostolic succession but Apostolic teachings.
PEACE
The Catholic Church agrees with you that Christian Theology should be based on Apostolic Teachings. She hold true both Apostolic Succession and Apostolic Teachings.🙂
 
Just fyi, this is really annoying, because it assumes that you are the authority who makes corrections.
But you stood corrected. How else would you like me to say it then??
Because it is the life of the body. Taking on the life of an animal lowers our human nature. Taking on the life of God, by contrast, raises it.
This is not talking about just animals. We are not to drink the blood of any living thing. Humans included.
The OT prohibition against blood teaches us what the blood is, and prepares us to understand what it means to us when we are commanded to drink God’s blood. 🙂
You are implying GOD’s blood is a physical blood. Again the flesh means nothing. It is the spirit. GOD’s blood must then be spiritual.
 
But you stood corrected.
No. I “stand corrected” when I’ve changed my mind and decided to agree with you. That’s my decision to make; not yours.
How else would you like me to say it then??
You should say, “I think that’s incorrect,” or “that doesn’t fit with the facts as I see them,” or something like that.

But you shouldn’t decide on my behalf that I have changed my mind and decided to agree with you.
 
Catholic Church and Early Church Fathers respectfully disagree with your interpretation. But for the first time I have an inking of how this passage could be misunderstood.
Not all church Fathers. Incorrect statement. Now when you say misunderstood please explain that.
Why die on the Cross?
The one time sacrifice. Why ask me ask GOD:)
he was addressing Peter in Matthew 16:18, the quote to which you are referring.
No look again please at Matthew 18:15. He’s addressing a bunch of HIS disciples at this point speaking if your brother sins against you. Jesus prescribes 4 courses of action:

address your brother - verse 15
take witnesses - verse 16
take it to the church - verse 17
treat him as a gentile or corrupt tax collector - verse 17

Verse 18: Truly, I say to you, whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed [6] in heaven. This is addressed to the person being sinned against. Me, you, anyone:)
Which Church? What’s a sin in my Church may not be a sin in yours. (Birth control, remarriage after divorce, etc.)
That includes Teaching with Authority.
Re-marriage is not a sin. If infidelity is involved then Biblilcally Jesus tells us we can divorce. The others, who knows.
How do you get Rock=God, when it plainly says, You are Peter (Petros), and on this Rock I will build my Church. You are ROCK and on the ROCK I will build my Church. The French name for Peter is Pierre=Rock. Pierre is also the word for stone. Coincidence?
Deuteronomy 32: 4 & 15
2 Samuel 22:2
Isaiah 30:29
1 Corinthians 10:4
1 Peter 2:8
Romans 9:33

Just to name a few:)
It’s a secret between Him and the Apostles 😉 See below:
We don’t know it all, but certainly the CHURCH (not the POPE) contains the deposit from the Apostles, which is why CC has more Teachings than Protestants.
Sorry I don’t believe this. No offense really.
The Catholic Church agrees with you that Christian Theology should be based on Apostolic Teachings. She hold true both Apostolic Succession and Apostolic Teachings.🙂
Ok.
 
Why was the doctrine of transubstantiation not created until 1215?
It wasn’t defined until then. In any case, it is the Real Presence that is the doctrine, not Transubstantiation. Transubstantiation is the philosophical explanation of the Real Presence.

The Early Fathers (including Eusebius) believed in the Real Presence; Eusebius had issues with Transubstantiation, but he didn’t believe in symbolical Eucharist; he still believed that it was really Jesus.
Please re-read what Jesus said. Jesus said this cup is the new covenant in my blood. The covenant is in HIS blood.
Yes, that’s why we have to consume it.
The cup represents the covenant and likewise the bread represents the body. Then Jesus said do this in remembrance (anamnesis) of me.
When the Jews did the anamnesis (remembrance) of the Passover, they had to sacrifice and eat the lambs; they couldn’t make a symbol of the lamb and eat that instead.

They had to consume the actual sacrifice of the Passover; not a substitute or symbol of it.

In the same way, we have to consume the actual sacrifice of the Cross; not a symbol of it. Jesus is the True Lamb of God, and He offers His flesh for the world for us to consume in the Eucharist.
Anamnesis: The Supper is a remembrance of Jesus Christ and His atoning sacrifice on the cross. It is not the sacrifice itself.
Yes, it is, by means of Transubstantiation. The same way that the Jews ate the real sacrifice of the Passover; not a symbol or substitute of it.
When we see the bread and wine we remember the sacrifice Jesus made. We don’t re-sacrifice HIM again and again and again. Jesus famous words on the Cross one more time:
“IT IS FINISHED”!!!
According to Scott Hahn, He was referring here to the Passover. The Passover is finished, and has now been replaced by His Sacrifice on the Cross.

We now eat His body and blood in the Eucharist; not the flesh of the lamb of Passover.
 
Hypothetically, let us say that the Catholic Church is indeed completely false:

Among all the other denominations, where is Christian truth? Everyone argues that the Catholic Church is full of man-made changes and thus has fallen into error. Though every Protestant church is blatantly man-made. They came hundreds of years after Christ and presume to be individually inspired toward truth.

So, again, hypothetically speaking, the Catholic Church is wrong. Which Protestant denomination is correct? Which Non-Denominational church is correct? Which interpretation of the Bible is correct? You guys cannot trust Catholicism, then which of these man-made churches and interpretations are we to go to for truth? There cannot be a universal “spiritual” Christian church without theological unity. Why is it taking two thousand years after Christ’s resurrection for people to figure out Christianity? Did Jesus not teach His Apostle’s well enough to pass it through the generations? Was Jesus lying when He said He would be with His Church always?

Instead of listing the doctrines of Catholicism you cannot understand, show me the reasons why a Protestant church is superior among another Protestant church, etc.

If the Catholic Church is so wrong, why do you trust it enough to trust the Bible that she gave us? Despite the lack of books in a Protestant Bible, the rest was compiled by the Catholic Church. If the Catholic Church is so wrong how did it compile the New Testament correctly but pervert the rest of the religion in the meantime?

Jesus did not send His disciples out to teach differently. So each denomination teaching differently cannot be what Christ intended.

I desire any responses!
This is a question I could find no reasonable answer for. That’s one reason why my heart is becoming Catholic!
 
Originally Posted by Deacon110
GOD not only allowed the reformers to survive, HE’s moved Roman Catholics over to their churches

If you understand the history of the church, you will see that many heresies arose through the ages. and many catholics went along with the heresies but eventually the truth prevailed and most came back.
 
I’m not as familiar with Eusebius as I probably should be, but even so, I don’t think he held to a “symbolic Eucharist” idea, even if his ideas weren’t in complete conformity with the philosophy behind Transubstantiation.
Yes he believed it was symbolic. Do some research on it.
It relates to the point in that it speaks to one’s concept of authority.
If you think it’s okay to judge when you should and shouldn’t obey your mother, outside of situations when she is actually commanding you to sin, then it’s no wonder you became a Protestant, since all authority resides in yourself; not in those to whom God gave it.
GOD says to honor my father and mother. He doesn’t say your mother and father have absolute authority. If my mother makes a request to me I certainly wouldn’t deny her. But if she commands me to do something that I know is flat out wrong, I have a responsibility to communicate that to her. I wouldn’t consider it dis-honoring my mother if I believe she is wrong in a situation. Following blind authority is what satan wants. That way he can mask it and lead us to hell.
He could have done that, sure. But it is very fitting that He chose also to protect Mary from sin, as well.
In your opinion. I think it’s more fitting that GOD used a simple sinful woman to accomplish such a great task. Look at all the great heroes of the Bible. They are the least expected to be great. Moses, David, Gideon, Peter etc. etc. All with terrible flaws. But that’s the greatness of GOD. It doesn’t take someone special to do GOD’s work. But you are very special when you do GOD’s work. You are blessed as Jesus says.
St. Peter was protected. (Matthew 16:18-19) And St. Peter’s successors are protected. (Isaiah 22:22)
I love this argument. The Assyrians are ready to tumble the walls down, GOD strips authority and transfers it. Suddenly this is a premonition to the Pope. When did David’s house become the Kingdom of Heaven?? Christ came from this house here on earth.
The children of Fatima were given a vision of Hell, and they said that the souls were falling into Hell so thick and fast, it was like the snowflakes in a November blizzard. That was in 1917; I’m sure it’s much worse than that, now.
Did you ever read the severe political connotation of that image?? Enough said.
 
No. I “stand corrected” when I’ve changed my mind and decided to agree with you. That’s my decision to make; not yours.

You should say, “I think that’s incorrect,” or “that doesn’t fit with the facts as I see them,” or something like that.

But you shouldn’t decide on my behalf that I have changed my mind and decided to agree with you.
Ahh ok then. I didn’t mean it offensive. If you said to me you stand corrected and then showed me where I errored then I would in fact stand corrected. I thought I made a correction on a Biblical verse you quoted. Anyway forgive me:)
 
The one time sacrifice. Why ask me ask GOD:)
If the flesh of Christ is of no avail, then nothing significant happened on the Cross.
Re-marriage is not a sin.
You say that like it’s an established fact, yet up until at least 1965 and possibly even for a short time after that, not only every observant Catholic, but every human being on planet earth who claimed to believe in any sort of deity whatsoever, and had some sort of at least reasonably consistent devotion to it/him/her/them disagreed with that idea; the only people who thought divorce and remarriage were okay were Marxist Communists, anarchists, and the free-love people. (Hippies, I think they were called, at the time.)
 
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