Part 3 Conclusion of The Jewish Passover, the Last Supper, and the New Testament Sacrifice, How are they connected?

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Part 3 and conclusion.

Most Protestants believe that Christ was only talking symbolically because that is what they have been told all their life, and they have accepted this error, with little biblical proof or investigation. The problem is that the Bible does not support this erroneous "symbolic" meaning. In fact, a serious study of scripture will show just the opposite to be the case.

If Christ says, “This is My Body”, shouldn’t we take the Lord at His word? All the early Church Fathers taught that the Eucharist is the Real Body and Blood of Christ. I will quote just two here.

St. Cyril of Jerusalem, who was Bishop of Jerusalem in the years 348-378 A.D.

“Therefore with fullest assurance let us partake as of the Body and Blood of Christ: for in the figure of Bread is given to thee His Body, and in the figure of Wine His Blood; that thou by partaking of the Body and Blood of Christ, might be made of the same body and the same blood with Him. For thus we come to bear Christ in us, because His Body and Blood are diffused through our members; thus it is that, according to the blessed Peter, (we become partaker of the divine nature.)” [2 Peter 1:4] – Catechetical Lectures [22 (Mystagogic 4), 3] (Also see John 6:56)

"Contemplate therefore the Bread and Wine not as bare elements, for they are, according to the Lord's declaration, the Body and Blood of Christ; for though sense suggests this to thee, let faith establish thee. Judge not the matter from taste, but from faith, be fully assured without misgiving, that thou hast been given the Body and Blood of Christ”. –”Catechetical Lectures [22 (Mystagogic 4), 6].

St Augustine - Bishop of Hippo from 396 to 430 AD.

"That bread which you see on the altar, having been sanctified by the word of God, is the body of Christ. That chalice, or rather, what is in that chalice, having been sanctified by the word of God, is the blood of Christ” (St. Augustine - Sermon 227).

Additional references.

Note, for the links below, after they open, click on BROWSE YOUTUBE to bypass the commercials.

For a more in-depth talk on the above topic, by Dr. Scott Hahn, see his presentation titled:
“The 4th Cup”. See:

Also see a later talk by Dr. Hahn on the same topic.

Part 1

Part 2

This next link is to an interview with Dr. David Anders. He was a Presbyterian historian who did his Ph.D. studies in Reformation History. See:

The Biblical Basis for the Catholic Faith – John Salza
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1592761461/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_taft_p1_i5​

 

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Most Protestants believe that Christ was only talking symbolically because that is what they have been told all their life, and they have accepted this error, with little biblical proof or investigation. The problem is that the Bible does not support this erroneous "symbolic" meaning. In fact, a serious study of scripture will show just the opposite to be the case.

19 ¶ And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me. 20 Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood, which is shed for you.
Luke 22:19-20

Those under the Roman principality, disregard the word "remembrance" in Luke 22:19-20, and disregard its context: a Passover seder, in which many other things were done in remembrance, and stated as such. "This is the bitterness of your times in the land of Egypt." "This is my body...".

And Christ the Lord has commanded us to call no one in this world "father". Therefore, any appeal to church "fathers", and the lineage of "apostolicity" which birthed one thousand years of death to unbelievers in the name of quasi-christian nationalism of this world, is to be disregarded.