Would you agree that the below list has broken down belief in the Real Presence?

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No,

what is meant by #5

Where did you get this list. ?

It is quite simple, belief in the real presence or not is a faith issue. And to some extent is what the devil wants.

satanists believe in the real presence and steal the Eucharist to desecrate it. To me thats ironic.
 
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While tempted to say yes, have to wonder if disbelief in the real presence has cause most of the items on your list.
Certainly there is a correlation between them, but a causation? Not for sure.
At the least, the items on the list and a growth of disbelief in the real presence are related to a common cause.
 
Get ready for the attacks to begin,lol.
I went through it defending the TLM.
 
None of the points listed above erodes belief in the Real Presence (except the receiving when not in a state of grace, which implies a lack of belief in the first place) and people telling the OP that does not constitute an attack.
 
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Maybe those are contributers, but what I did not see, and should be #1 on the list is poor catechesis. Not just from the Priests, but from Catholic schools and of course the parents.
 
This stuff didn’t erode belief in the Real Presence. Poor catechesis did.

I remember being distinctly taught in Catholic grade school that a sacrament was a “visible sign or symbol”. The use of the word “symbol” created confusion. If I had not been primarily taught by an old school Catholic parent at home, I likely would have concluded that Communion was a symbolic act.
 
I don’t agree with the list at all. I think the primary problem is bad catechesis and bad examples/lack of role models in general.

Point 1: No. There’s evidence in ancient architecture that, in many places, Mass was celebrated “versus populem,” but when it came time for the consecration everyone turned and faced East (with the people turning their backs to the altar). Personally, I’d love to see the practice of facing East restored (not just “liturgical East” but actually facing East).

Point 2: Communion in the hand is a practice from the earliest days of the Church as attested by St. Justin Martyr.

Point 3: It’s the norm among Eastern Catholics and Eastern Orthodox to receive Communion while standing.

Point 4: Your average-Joe Catholic doesn’t really understand sin, let alone the distinction between venial and mortal sin.

Point 5: If you’re referring to the Sign of Peace, again this is an ancient practice that’s been restored (it’s never been fully abandoned by Eastern Catholics). Now we can discuss the tastefulness of how it’s done today, but I think the restoration of the Sign of Peace itself was a very positive thing for the Roman Rite.

Point 6: I don’t think this is related to belief in the Real Presence at all.
 
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I would say the real reason for lack of belief in the Real Presence is poor catechesis through the years and the overall breakdown of morals and faith in society. 1-5 may well play a role in disbelief in some cases but certainly not all.
 
I don’t agree with the list - I think it’s a mix of poor or no catechesis AND people not knowing their Bible. “This IS my body “. No arguments should have arisen after Jesus tells us Himself. One good legacy from my Methodist beginnings - we are encouraged to know and analyse Scripture
 
I would say that all of the practices mentioned have nothing to do with the issues with catechesis surrounding the Sacrament of the Altar. The priest facing the congregation actually serves to make the pronouncement of the Words of Institution and the promise that Christ is with us more easily heard by the parishioners. Communion in the hand has nothing to do with the knowledge that Christ is truly present. Receiving while standing, I can almost see a correlation because it does say something to whether you kneel or stand before Christ; however, good catechesis in teaching and preaching should rectify this. We are only in a state of grace by God’s grace, not by works. So the presumption that one must be in a state of grace by something they do actually hinders the proclamation of Christ crucified in the Sacrament of the Altar. Not sure what you mean by glad handing one another. I would need clarification here. Immodest dress says more about the poor state of catechesis in the parish than it does about anything else. Fix your teaching and clarify your doctrine to the parishioners that are present and I think the problem is corrected.
 
I think perhaps that an over-emphasis on the Mass as being about the community, combined with a utilitarian view of religion (i.e. it exists to serve our individual needs) has played a significant part in this.
 
Mass is supposed to be about community.
It is not just about the priest saying prayers, we are called to participate.
 
This is heart wrenching as it is the Real Presence that got me. I’m not sure why this is any harder for one to believe than any other miracle. I mean, after all, He was born of a virgin and resurrected from the dead. How is it someone anyone can claim they seriously believe that and disbelieve the real presence. My question is when did this become problematic for the faith. Have Catholics always believed this? I have no doubt He’s present as it changes me so that I even notice.
 
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Those who say the cause is poor catechises are correct, and that is the common cause I alluded to in my earlier comment.

However, I do think the question posed by the OP is valid. The Church has a teaching: lex orandi, lex credendi : the law of prayer establishes the law of believing. This is a belief we are all to.hold. so those items could very well be part of the cause. They should not be dismissed out of hand so quickly.
 
I looked up glad handing. I think the OP means the Pax. People put on fake smiles and politely pretend they’re delighted to be shaking hands with everyone else when, in reality, they couldn’t care less.

I don’t see how this could possibly have been a contributory cause to the decline in belief in the Real Presence. That’s just one aspect of the general decline in religious belief, in churchgoing, etc., from the mid-twentieth century onward. The statistics I’ve seen show that the impact on the Protestant churches has been greater than on the Catholic Church.
 
I dont agree it is poor catechises, A person can be told over and over and over this is the Body , Blood, Soul and Divinity of Christ, and that Christ is present in every single Tabernacle on the globe simultaneously when the Host is in the Tabernacle, and that the Priest actually requests the bread become Christ, as he is consecrated, and when the host does become the Body Blood Soul and Divinity of Christ, we are opened up to heaven,

You can tell all that to people until the cows come home. If they have no faith, or doubt, it won’t convince them.
 
Lex orandi, lex credendi, yes. But I would question how many Catholics actually know the “orandi”. I was fortunate enough to grow up serving daily Mass, so I had the entirety of the Mass memorized at a very young age and participated in it daily. But I recognize that my experience is uncommon (and I’m grateful for the blessing given to me). I contend that if we don’t know the prayers and haven’t let them really sink in to the depths of our hearts, then we also don’t know what we believe. Knowledge isn’t just a matter of intellectual assent. That’s just the first step. Knowledge is an act of the entire person.
 
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