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To: CynicalBear
Voodoo?

Have you read what St. Paul said about the Body and Blood of Christ in the Lord's Supper?

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 [i.e., died].
You might want to turn a cynical eye toward Luther and his tradition of sola scriptura, which isn't biblical, rather than the words of St. Paul.
93 posted on 02/08/2015 3:27:03 PM PST by St_Thomas_Aquinas ( Isaiah 22:22, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7)
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To: St_Thomas_Aquinas
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.

And, that remains a teaching of the Catholic Church to this very day.

95 posted on 02/08/2015 3:41:26 PM PST by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: St_Thomas_Aquinas; CynicalBear
Voodoo?

Yep and cannibalism at its finest

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 [i.e., died].

Please take time to read the entire chapter.. Paul was speaking directly to problems that existed in the Corinthian church

people were separating and having "exclusive " services..some were bring in food they would not share , some came to the table intoxicated

Cor 11:17In the following directives I have no praise for you, for your meetings do more harm than good. 18In the first place, I hear that when you come together as a church, there are divisions among you, and to some extent I believe it. 19No doubt there have to be differences among you to show which of you have God’s approval. 20So then, when you come together, it is not the Lord’s Supper you eat, 21for when you are eating, some of you go ahead with your own private suppers. As a result, one person remains hungry and another gets drunk. 22Don’t you have homes to eat and drink in? Or do you despise the church of God by humiliating those who have nothing? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you? Certainly not in this matter!

THIS was the "unworthiness" that Paul addressed.. ...."33So then, my brothers and sisters, when you gather to eat, you should all eat together. 34Anyone who is hungry should eat something at home, so that when you meet together it may not result in judgment."

Notice there was no "priest" or a teaching there need be one... there was no "magic words" whispered over the bread....No command not to drop it or to lock up what was left over ...

This was a command to respect the memorial supper.. not to made to as guilty as those that hung Christ on the cross

103 posted on 02/08/2015 4:02:14 PM PST by RnMomof7
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To: St_Thomas_Aquinas

That cracker does not turn into the body of Christ nor does the wine turn into the blood. Discerning the body of Christ does NOT mean that those elements turn into something they are not. Regardless of what your make believe magicians say.


105 posted on 02/08/2015 4:05:11 PM PST by CynicalBear (For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus)
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To: St_Thomas_Aquinas; CynicalBear
Excuse me, but, didn't you just post SCRIPTURE to defend your belief but then turn around and deny SCRIPTURE is authoritative? You insist St. Paul is superior to Luther - and he IS because Paul wrote that IN Scripture - but then you reject what you call sola Scriptura! Do you not comprehend that the term means God's sacred revealed word is our authority for the rule of the Christian faith and that it supersedes what mere men say is the truth?
173 posted on 02/08/2015 11:06:37 PM PST by boatbums (God is ready to assume full responsibility for the life wholly yielded to Him.)
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