[Sca-cooks] Bread and wine in the Catholic church

[Terry Decker]

Most Protestant denominations see the Eucharist as symbolism, 
recommemoration or transignification.  Traditional Lutheranism holds that 
the bread and the wine and the body and blood are co-existent in the 
Eucharist in a belief similar to consubstatiation.  And, IIRC, the debate 
over transubstantiation still rages in rarified theological circles.

Bear

> Most Protestant denominations "reinact" with saltines and grape juice (or
> even wafers and/or wine).  Catholic and Orthodox Churches are the only 
> ones,
> IIRC, with doctrine of transubstantiation.
>
> Makes you wonder if anyone ever really thinks about the implications of
> actual weekly (or daily) ritual cannibalism as they cross themselves in
> front of the priest . . . . I always do (did since my mid 20's).
>
> niccolo difrancesco
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Oh...I think I'll pass on that.  That whole 'blood & flesh' stuff is
> really disgusting.
>
> Duriel