[ealgeone]

“Christ daily comes to us in humble form; daily he comes down from the bosom of the father upon the altar in the hands of the priest.” -St. Francis of Assisi

Uh, no. If He has to come down daily upon the altar He is being sacrificed again and again and again, etc.

He has already made the sacrifice. He doesn't do it again and again....all due respect to Francis of Assisi.

[Campion]

If He has to come down daily upon the altar He is being sacrificed again and again and again, etc.

Says who? You? That is not in fact what we believe; we believe his one sacrifice, which is continually being offered in the Holy of Holies in heaven (Hebrews 9), is made present to us in time and on earth.

BTW, repeating "it's symbolic" over and over again is not an argument.

Do you realize that no Christian denomination that can trace its history to the first millennium believes that communion is merely a symbol?