05-07-2008, 06:34 PM
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Originally Posted by pilgrim3970  Some random thoughts:
To me the bigger problem with the Mass is belief that during the Mass Christ is offered up anew. Quote: Priest: Pray, my brothers and sisters, that our sacrifice
may be acceptable to God, the almighty Father.
All: May the Lord accept the sacrifice at your hands,
for the praise and glory of his name,
for our good, and the good of all his Church.
| This , to me, is MUCH more problematic (and just completley unbiblical) than the insistance the accidents change. One may debate about what Christ meant by "This is my body..." but there is just no debate to be had about the words of scripture which say: Quote: |
but He, having offered one sacrifice for sins for all time, SAT DOWN AT THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD, (Heb. 10:12)
| That's not to say that the belief that the elements physically become the body and blood of Christ isn't also problem. Because it has led to the superstitious practice of the "veneration of the blessed scarament" in which the wafer is placed in a chapel for the faithful to adore and prayer before.
To Roman Catholics, they are not "worshipping the bread" but worshipping Christ.
Their adoration of the scarament is much like the orthodox and their veneration of icons. Both view this like (and this is an example given to me by an aquaitence who is Eastern Orthodox) the way one might kiss or look with affection on a picture of a loved one.
Ok, I feel like I am rambling but hope some of this is useful information. | Amen, brother. It is called the holy sacrifice of the Mass for a reason.
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