When did Christians stop believing in the Real Presence of the Eucharist?
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This is something that has been debated for centuries . . . even before the Protestant Reformation.  Catholic scholars argued about it too, though the consensus remained that the bread and wine do become the Body and Blood of Christ.  And Luther NEVER argued against the Real Presence.  However, some Protestants after Luther did. . . and as Protestantism spread, so did the idea that this was only a symbolic act.  Check out this link . . . and search at the site for other articles.  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05573a.htm
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Because they ignore the facts on what actually did happen at that time . . . \n\nPlus, not all christians today believe what the Council decreed . . . some denominations are trying to weed out the dogma and other teachings to try to get at the truth.  Unfortunately, there is no truth in religion  . . . because there is no God.
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Not exactly a true statement; The Catholic church as it exists today has only existed since the eighth century or so.  It started to form with the emperor Constantine.  So therefore, we should probably all be Jews in your mind as they were here first.  The original Christians were Jews!  Read the Bible and find out.
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You mean confirmed in the church? Because it gives us accountability and community (both of which are not that popular anymore, but still very necessary), and it's part of publicly identifying ourselves as Christians.
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Christianity of 200 years ago was propagated by preaching, not by the sword. Christians don't cut your head off if you refuse to become Christian.
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The catholic church belives that in order to reach salvation you must not only have faith in god but also recive the sacraments. Its a requirement! so its really not a choice for them.  I on the other hand find it to be ridiculus and a major distraction from what jesus was all about.  They orginated much much later after the death of christ... you would of thought he would have mentioned them if they were that important.
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Luckily for me I had no formal religious up bringing. When I was little some one did give me a book called" The greatest story ever told." I was really impressed with a wizard that could walk on water and heal people.  I was probably in my early teens before I realized that it was jesus the book was about.  But  it did not change my perception of the book or jesus for that matter.  So today I am a pagan but I was not forced into any religion.  I did go to a catholic church with my friend once I was really disturbed by the wine and wafer aspect of the rite.. I thought that was a little on the cannibalistic side.
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At the Last Supper, Jesus said, “Take this bread. It is my body.” The he said, “Take this and drink. This is my blood. Do this in memory of me.” \n\nCatholics believe this was the First Eucharist, that through some miracle the bread and wine actually became the body and blood of Jesus Christ.\n\nCatholics reenact the Last Supper during every Mass, where the priest, acting in place of Christ, changes the bread and wine into the body and blood of Jesus Christ.\n\nThis is a great sacrament of thanksgiving and unity of Catholics.\n\nAnyone who does not believe in the actual presence of Christ and is not united with the Catholic faith is asked, out of respect, not to receive the Eucharist.\n\nCatholics, out of respect for other Christian faiths, do not receive Communion in non-Catholic churches.\n\nWe pray that one day Christian unity will succeed and we will all be called to the same table.\n\nWith love in Christ.
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A pagan one. :-P Pagan religions were the majority until Christianity came along.
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I was born as a catholic christian.  It comes a time that I personally asked God and it is also the time that I am losing belief in God and siding to belief that God was only a figurative thing.  Until, I was fed up one day with my problems and I raised my head and uttered to God that He is not real, to my surprise He answered and shown me a vision up to this time I can vividly recall.  His voice is the one described by the prophets, gentle, forgiving and powerful.
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Ah, you're asking about the eucharistic miracle at Lanciano I think. The host that actually turned to flesh and blood.\n\nIt's not in Rome. But it is in Italy.\n\nYes, it's true and it's been examined by scientists. See the link below.\n\nOr do you mean "the incorruptibles?" They are all over! See the other link below.
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I am a Catholic Convert - trust me, the experience of receiving the Holy Eucharist in the Catholic Church is the most wonderful thing you will ever experience.  To try to describe it would fall short.\n\nMind you, this is all in a spiritual context.
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You do find so much rubbish in answer to sensible questions!\n\nThe early Church were under a new covenenant, the blood of Jesus, and so the strict rules of the old one, which everyone failed at anyway, were void.\n\nActs 15:29 You are to abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals and from sexual immorality. You will do well to avoid these things.\n\nPork is back on the menu!
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No, Jim I think it was when the Christians burnt down the most magnificent library of knowledge in human history, the Library of Alexandria A.D. 389.\n\nFrom then on, without any knowledge to contradict its claims (because they destroyed most of it), monopoly was pretty easy.\n\nIt is only in the past two hundred years has pieces of the true heritage of Christanity has begun to resurface through archeology and forensic research.
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Yes, Midge. there is and we have to stop it. Especially us Catholics. We can't just change the whole doctrine of the church just for "Tolerance" and "Appeasement" . We need to keep our church whole and traditional. The Catholic church has been pretty black and white in the past, now some of it is becoming gray. I hardly hear much in my church anymore about pro-life issues. Only the small groups do anything about it, but it is no longer preached. What's happening here? Can't be a liberal Catholic!\nGod Bless and Merry Christmas to you!
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Wow thanks for the link, I actually think they are making a really good point!\n\nI guess when the Roman Catholic church stops making up their own rules, then it will stop.  The Bible is the one and only truth.  it is the infallible word of God, can't be changed, can't be destroyed!\n\nGod Loves YOU\nHeather :)
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Anglicans believe it is merely symbolic where as Roman Catholics believe they are actually consuming the body and blood of Christ. Go ahead and compare!\n\nRoman Catholic: \nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eucharist_%28Catholic_Church%29\nhttp://catholic-resources.org/ChurchDocs/Mass.htm\n\nAnglican: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglican_Eucharistic_theology