Post by Cepha on Aug 7, 2008 23:45:36 GMT -5
Symbollic...I remember Jesus saying "truly" that it was His flesh, not "kind of". 
Since the beginning of Christianity...
Jesus’ Real Presence in the Eucharist
"They abstain from the Eucharist and from prayer,
because they confess not the Eucharist to be
the flesh of our Saviour Jesus Christ,
which suffered for our sins, and which the Father,
of His goodness, raised up again."
Ignatius of Antioch, Epistle to Smyrnaeans, 7,1 (c. A.D. 110).
"For not as common bread and common drink do we receive these;
but in like manner as Jesus Christ our Saviour,
having been made flesh and blood for our salvation,
so likewise have we been taught that the food which is blessed by the prayer of His word,
and from which our blood and flesh by transmutation are nourished,
is the flesh and blood of that Jesus who was made flesh."
Justin Martyr, First Apology, 66 (c. A.D. 110-165).
Since the beginning of Christianity...
Jesus’ Real Presence in the Eucharist
"They abstain from the Eucharist and from prayer,
because they confess not the Eucharist to be
the flesh of our Saviour Jesus Christ,
which suffered for our sins, and which the Father,
of His goodness, raised up again."
Ignatius of Antioch, Epistle to Smyrnaeans, 7,1 (c. A.D. 110).
"For not as common bread and common drink do we receive these;
but in like manner as Jesus Christ our Saviour,
having been made flesh and blood for our salvation,
so likewise have we been taught that the food which is blessed by the prayer of His word,
and from which our blood and flesh by transmutation are nourished,
is the flesh and blood of that Jesus who was made flesh."
Justin Martyr, First Apology, 66 (c. A.D. 110-165).