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To: Wyrd bið ful aræd
>The bread and wine are symbolic of His flesh and blood. There isn't any biblical support for any other interpretation."<

No, I don't claim it...the Word does.

You claim there is no support for the Real Presence, and then post scripture in which Christ says "This is MY BODY." And anyway, I thought to Protestants The Holy Spirit guides personal, private interpretation of scripture, no authority needed. So via the Protestant mindset, there is support for whatever interpretation I or anybody else decides there is.

Guess you and salvation and all catholics believe He is also a vine and a door as well??

As I said before...it's symbolic...as are the metaphors of the door and the vine.

37 posted on 07/12/2014 10:06:35 PM PDT by ealgeone (obama, borderof)
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To: ealgeone
"Guess you and salvation and all catholics believe He is also a vine and a door as well??"

When He said "I am the door/.../I am the vine, you are the branches..." etc, he was clearly speaking metaphorically as the structure of the text is completely different. He didn't indicate a door or a vine and say "this actual, physical object is MY BODY." Furthermore, in the case of John 10:6, the text of scripture states "He used this figure of speech..." Clearly, this was a parable.

He stated on multiple occasions on the other hand, that you must eat the Flesh and drink the Blood to be saved, and many walked away because of it. And at the last supper He took physical objects into His hands and stated that these things have become His Flesh and Blood. Consider the context as well. He was not preaching, He was partaking of the Last Supper with his disciples. On the night He was betrayed, do you suppose He would tell another parable, or do think His words at such a time would hold much, much greater significance, as the context and structure of the scripture suggest?

50 posted on 07/13/2014 5:33:32 AM PDT by Wyrd bið ful aræd (Asperges me, Domine, hyssopo et mundabor, Lavabis me, et super nivem dealbabor.)
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