What does it mean?

[VivienneJ]

What Jesus said in John 6 clarified exactly what he meant.

yes you are exactly right. John 6:35 And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life he that cometh to me shall never hunger and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.

This represents spiritual fullness, not you eating his body. the bible is full of parables and meanings that you really have to have God reveal to you. Salvation is a free gift for all mankind. But i have got out of this exactly what I figured was going to happen. The catholic church is really the only ones they say can offer Mass or communion. So no one is really saved unless it is done in a catholic church, because every one else is doing it wrong. I am so against this. Jesus did not put a limit to his salvation and neither did he put one on Mass or Communion. This was added by Man.

Did you read the whole of John chapter 6 and come to this conclusion? Or did you just pick out one verse that seems to support what you and other Protestants believe?

But i have got out of this exactly what I figured was going to happen. The catholic church is really the only ones they say can offer Mass or communion. So no one is really saved unless it is done in a catholic church, because every one else is doing it wrong. I am so against this. Jesus did not put a limit to his salvation and neither did he put one on Mass or Communion. This was added by Man.

You got out of this exactly what you expected to get. So did you ask with an open mind and did your read sincerely and consider the answers you were given.

The catholic church is really the only ones they say can offer Mass or communion.

I doubt that anyone said this; but it has been said that the Catholic and Orthodox Churches are the only ones that have the Real Presence of Christ present in their communion - as opposed to having bread and wine (grape juice) symbolically representing Christ.

So no one is really saved unless it is done in a catholic church, because every one else is doing it wrong.

Again, I have not seen anyone saying communion = salvation.

I am so against this.

You personally are against this? And what does the denomination you belong to believe or teach about this because Catholics have been telling you what the Catholic Church teaches and what we therefore believe, not our personal interpretation.

Jesus did not put a limit to his salvation and neither did he put one on Mass or Communion. This was added by Man.

Numerous scriptures have been given to you about exactly what Jesus taught about salvation and communion.

 

[SteveVH]

Again, I have not seen anyone saying communion = salvation.

"Very truly I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you." (John 6:53)

 

[Jozefo]

For many sincere Christians, the idea of converting to Catholicism or remaining in a faith tradition that is comfortable, is a decision that stands on a kinfe’s edge.

On the one hand, the Church claims to be the Universal Church of God, but on the other hand is often a lifetime of experience and teaching that the Catholic Church is just another denomination, or worse.

Praying is the only thing that can move the decision forward. Making an intellectual assent to one way or the other always relies on one’s own intellect. But we are exhorted to lean not on our own understanding. So pray for guidance and faith.

In my mind, the most powerful witness to the world is the Eucharist being in the hands of the Church since the time of Peter, and he was told to, “[F]eed my sheep.” That Jesus manifests himself physically in the world today is an awesome thought, and the idea that a man can literally have God within him, and thus live in the kingdom of heaven, is the pinnacle of the Faith.

So always pray for faith.

 

[PRmerger]

In my mind, the most powerful witness to the world is the Eucharist being in the hands of the Church since the time of Peter, and he was told to, “[F]eed my sheep.” That Jesus manifests himself physically in the world today is an awesome thought, and the idea that a man can literally have God within him, and thus live in the kingdom of heaven, is the pinnacle of the Faith.

So always pray for faith.

Beautiful!! :clapping:

 

[PRmerger]

The action of kneeling is NOT equal to offering worship. I can kneel before my bed in my room and I am not worshipping the bed.
The worship comes from the heart. Not your knees.

Indeed.

No Protestant who sees this image concludes that this man is worshipping the Bible:



…yet for some reason these same Protestants who understand reverence for a holy thing suddenly see Catholic kneeling and kissing to be idolatry.