Please review my article on the New Testament's Biblical Basis for the Eucharist

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Hi everyone. I wrote an article about the New Testament’s Biblical Basis for the Eucharist and I was wanting some of you to review my article and critique it. Could you please do so for me? The article is attached.
 
I don’t see anything in your article that differs from any other Catholic apologetics articles on the subject. Do you believe there is something unique about your article?
“In this article that I am writing, I will first seek to show you how the Eucharist is Biblical. Then, I will seek to how you how it is based upon Sacred Tradition as well.”
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Where is the “sacred tradition” part? I read nothing about it in your article.
 
What is so significant about eating the Eucharist? Where did that concept even come from? We were not commanded to eat anyone else’s body, so what is the key to this and how did it originate? Is it cannibalism? There was no evidence that the apostles were disturbed by this.

Here we have in Ezekiel [2:9 + 3:1-3] a foreshadowing of the Eucharist. The prophet was commanded to eat the word as represented by the scroll or the scriptures. . In so doing, the he would be able to preach. Later, in the gospel [John 1:1], we are taught that Jesus is the Word.

If you were to examine Jesus under a microscope you would see flesh and blood, yet he was God. Likewise, if you were to examine the Eucharist, you would see bread, but it is the body and blood of Jesus Christ. [John 6:48, 54-59].

*Contemporary English Version
John 1
In the beginning was the one who is called the Word. The Word was with God and was truly God.

Ezekiel 2:9 + 3:1-3
Just then, I saw a hand stretched out toward me. And in it was a scroll. The hand opened the scroll, and both sides of it were filled with words of sadness, mourning, and grief. The LORD said, “Ezekiel, son of man, after you eat this scroll, go speak to the people of Israel.” He handed me the scroll and said, “Eat this and fill up on it.” So I ate the scroll, and it tasted sweet as honey.

John 6: 48-58
I am the bread that gives life! Jesus answered: I tell you for certain that you won’t live unless you eat the flesh and drink the blood of the Son of Man. But if you do eat my flesh and drink my blood, you will have eternal life, and I will raise you to life on the last day. My flesh is the true food, and my blood is the true drink. If you eat my flesh and drink my blood, you are one with me, and I am one with you. The living Father sent me, and I have life because of him. Now everyone who eats my flesh will live because of me. The bread that comes down from heaven isn’t like what your ancestors ate. They died, but whoever eats this bread will live forever.*
 
Brian_Culliton said:
Where is the “sacred tradition” part? I read nothing about it in your article.
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The title of the article was “New Testament’s Biblical Basis for the Eucharist”. If the article is meant to address concerns held by Protestants, sacred tradition wouldn’t mean a hill of beans.
 
NotWorthy said:
The title of the article was “New Testament’s Biblical Basis for the Eucharist”. If the article is meant to address concerns held by Protestants, sacred tradition wouldn’t mean a hill of beans.
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Then she aught to remove the part that says, “Then, I will seek to show you how it is based upon Sacred Tradition as well.”

I don’t see any argument in this article that cannot be found on a bazillion Catholic websites. I would like to see one of these Catholic articles on the bread of life discourse talk about the entire discourse – you know, in context. What a novel idea that would be.
 
Holly3278 said:
Hi everyone. I wrote an article about the New Testament’s Biblical Basis for the Eucharist and I was wanting some of you to review my article and critique it. Could you please do so for me? The article is attached.
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Thankyou for your wonderful post, it made my day reading it…

Priase God and stay blessed… 🙂

Mark
 
" In the beginning was the word and the word was God" and " In this post is a document created by Word and the word document was about god" Seemed humorous to me for some reason, just came from Ash wednesday mass. god bless!!!
 
Brian_Culliton said:
I don’t see anything in your article that differs from any other Catholic apologetics articles on the subject. Do you believe there is something unique about your article?

Where is the “sacred tradition” part? I read nothing about it in your article.
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Ooops, I need to edit that! Sorry!

Also, no, there is probably nothing new in my article that other Catholic apologists haven’t addressed. I just wanted to write an article of my own and see how I would do on it. Oh, and for everyone’s information, I relied heavily upon www.scripturecatholic.com for my commentaries on the various scriptures. I did not plagiarize. I put it into my own words but I did rely heavily upon their commentaries.
 
I like it! I hope you can get it published somewhere - maybe in your parish bulletin?
 
Mea_Culpa said:
I like it! I hope you can get it published somewhere - maybe in your parish bulletin?
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I suppose that is possible. 🙂 I’d like to maybe include this article in a book but it’d probably have to be expounded upon first. But what kind of book would I need to write that would include an article with the New Testament basis for the Eucharist in it? 🤷:confused:
 
Holly3278 said:
I suppose that is possible. 🙂 I’d like to maybe include this article in a book but it’d probably have to be expounded upon first. But what kind of book would I need to write that would include an article with the New Testament basis for the Eucharist in it? 🤷:confused:
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I think you may also include the Old Testament basis for the Eucharist. Look at the Todah sacrifice - where bread and wine are offered up to God in Thanksgiving from something the penitent wishes God to do for him.

BTW, did you know that the Jewish tradition of the 1st century held that, when the Messiah comes, all sacrifices will cease except the sacrifice of bread and wine? :hmmm:

Look also at Micah’s prophecy that “from the rising of the sun to the setting, a clean oblation will be offered…”. You might recognize the words in the mass, “so that from east (the rising of the sun)* to west* (the setting sun) a perfect offering (clean oblation) may be made…”
 
Douay Rheims rendering of the Lord’s Prayer:

Matthew
6:9. Thus therefore shall you pray: Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.

6:10. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

6:11. Give us this day our **supersubstantial **bread.

Supersubstantial bread. . .In St. Luke the same word is rendered daily bread. It is understood of the bread of life, which we receive in the Blessed Sacrament.

6:12. And forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors.

6:13. And lead us not into temptation. But deliver us from evil. Amen.

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