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To: annalex

“No, because in that passage and the next Paul said body and blood is there to be discerned. “

I suggest you read that passage word for word. Then read the broader context.


2,721 posted on 12/21/2014 5:04:49 PM PST by aMorePerfectUnion ( "I didn't leave the Central Oligarchy Party. It left me." - Ronaldus Maximus)
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To: aMorePerfectUnion; annalex
“No, because in that passage and the next Paul said body and blood is there to be discerned. “

I suggest you read that passage word for word. Then read the broader context.

Far too many people hear only what they want to hear instead of what the word truly says. We've seen a few FRoman Catholics misusing and adding words to the Scriptures so that their doctrines are protected at all costs. It's no wonder the Bible was hidden from the common man for so long. Paul did indeed say something different than what was mistated:

    So then, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of sinning against the body and blood of the Lord. Everyone ought to examine themselves before they eat of the bread and drink from the cup. For those who eat and drink without discerning the body of Christ eat and drink judgment on themselves. That is why many among you are weak and sick, and a number of you have fallen asleep. But if we were more discerning with regard to ourselves, we would not come under such judgment. Nevertheless, when we are judged in this way by the Lord, we are being disciplined so that we will not be finally condemned with the world.

    So then, my brothers and sisters, when you gather to eat, you should all eat together. Anyone who is hungry should eat something at home, so that when you meet together it may not result in judgment. (I Corinthians 11:27-34)

It's pretty obvious that Paul is talking about the Body of Christ, the church, the Bride.

2,746 posted on 12/21/2014 8:57:28 PM PST by boatbums (God is ready to assume full responsibility for the life wholly yielded to Him.)
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To: aMorePerfectUnion
Yes, the broad context is the meaning of the Holy Eucharist and the specific passage is

whosoever shall eat this bread, or drink the chalice of the Lord unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and of the blood of the Lord. But let a man prove himself: and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of the chalice. For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh judgment to himself, not discerning the body of the Lord. (1 Cor 11:27-29)
Observe: the bread and the wine of the Eucharist may transfer guilt for the body and blood of Christ whereas the duty of the Christian is to "discern" the body of the Lord in the bread and the wine.

Are you trying to reinforce my firm conviction that Protestantism ignores the scripture it does not like and offers fantastical explanations when pressed?

3,050 posted on 12/23/2014 7:10:46 PM PST by annalex (fear them not)
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