[SaltyJoe]

From post 32

Great referencing!

I love how the Holy Eucharist establishes the Spiritual Food that clearly undoes the errors of goddess heresy. I've had to grapple with understanding the Father and the Holy Spirit as Spirits, but I think He's best revealed in the Holy Eucharist. The perversion of goddess heresy would leave too many lustful images that undoes the weak nature of mortal men for sexual desires (recall the scene of Lord of the Rings where Galadriel (played by Cate Blanchett) is tempted by the Ring to be a "Dark Queen").

Not tempted to turn stones into bread, Jesus turns bread into Himself. Thus, to relieve the hungry and consuming nature of human mortality and fleshly weakness, Jesus provides His own flesh. I would say, "genius", but then we're talking about the Creator of "genius", aren't we?

[Knitting A Conundrum]

Better to worship the creator of the earth and procreation than to worship procreation and the earth...

[Kolokotronis]

"When we speak of the reality of Christ's nature being in us, we would be speaking foolishly and impiously -- had we not learned it from Him. For He Himself says: "My Flesh is truly Food, and My Blood is truly Drink. He that eats My Flesh and drinks My Blood will remain in Me and I in Him." As to the reality of His Flesh and Blood, there is no room left for doubt, because now, both by the declaration of the Lord Himself and by our own faith, it is truly Flesh and it is truly Blood. And These Elements bring it about, when taken and consumed, that we are in Christ and Christ is in us. Is this not true? Let those who deny that Jesus Christ is true God be free to find these things untrue. But He Himself is in us through the flesh and we are in Him, while that which we are with Him is in God." ST. HILARY OF POITIERS (c. 315 - 368 A.D.) (The Trinity 8:14)