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Biblical explanations of the Lord’s Supper, its meaning, symbolism, and theological importance.
EARLY CHURCH ON THE REAL PRESENCE Paid Members Public
The following is taken from Catholic Answers website: What the Early Church Believed: The Real Presence. The doctrine of the Real Presence asserts that in the Holy Eucharist Jesus is literally and wholly present—body and blood, soul and divinity—under the appearances of bread and wine. Many Protestants attack
The Non-Literal Interpretation of the Eucharist in Early Christian Thought Paid Members Public
The following excerpt is taken from William Webster’s article, “Scripture and Tradition in the Early Church Tradition As Interpretation: The Formal Sufficiency of Scripture” (https://christiantruth.com/articles/articles-roman-catholicism/formalsufficiencyofscripturefinal/). He shows that not all of the early Christians believed that the bread and the wine literally transformed into