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To: SuziQ; NoGrayZone; Salvation; don-o
NGZ: do NOT deserve His body as Communion.

My apologies NGZ for asking the above question -- as SuziQ pointed out If you truly believe that what you received was the Body and Blood of Christ, then you SHOULD consider the Catholic faith. Most non-Catholic churches look at communion as simply a 'symbol' or something nice to do to remember Jesus's Sacrifice. We believe in Jesus's words to his Apostles at that Last Supper. "This is my Body; this is My Blood".

if you have cultural holdback, please consider the Orthodox Churches - who along with the Catholic are part of the One Holy Apostolic Catholic Church.

Since you, NGZ, truly believe that Jesus Christ's body is present in the Eucharist, my humble opinion is that you would not be happy in a place where this is considered just a symbol or just bread -- that is the view in the Presbyterians groups and others but not in the traditional Anglican or Lutheran worlds where they consider the Real Presence in the Eucharist.

188 posted on 06/22/2011 1:32:20 AM PDT by Cronos ( W Szczebrzeszynie chrząszcz brzmi w trzcinie I Szczebrzeszyn z tego słynie.)
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To: Cronos; SuziQ; NoGrayZone; Salvation; don-o
"Since you, NGZ, truly believe that Jesus Christ's body is present in the Eucharist,"

I do, I always have. Whenever the pastor would say "take and eat, this is my body, given to you, do this in remembrance of me" I ALWAYS took it literally! Same with the wine.

I will sound stupid here, but I really had no idea my church wasn't on the same page I was, until I grew up and went back. He was NOT there!

217 posted on 06/22/2011 8:44:28 AM PDT by NoGrayZone ("Islamophobia: The irrational fear of being beheaded." Andrew Klavan of PJTV)
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