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 2/1/07 10:29 PM |
| John | | Alabama | |  |  |
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The Bible teaches that Jesus is really, not just symbolically, present in the Eucharist (Matt. 26:26-28; Mark 14:22-24; Luke 22:19-20; 1 Cor. 10:16-17; 1 Cor. 11:23-29; and, most forcefully, John 6:32-71).Evangelicals and Fundamentalists don't view these verses as proof that the Eucharist is a biblical doctrine and argue against it by quoting Jesus' words in John 6:63: "It is the spirit that gives life, while the flesh is of no avail. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and life." They seize on the word "spirit" and interpret it as "symbolic," arguing that Jesus' use of "spirit" meant he was speaking symbolically, not literally. Several questions should be asked at this point: (1) Where else in the Bible is "spirit" ever interpreted as "symbolic"? (The answer: Nowhere.) (2) Since there's no other instance of "spirit" meaning "symbolic," by what criteria do Protestants insist on applying that meaning in John 6:63? (3) Since God, human souls, angels, and Satan are spirits, does that mean they too are merely symbolic--and if not, why interpret "spirit" in John 6:63 as meaning "symbolic"? |
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| 2/1/07 10:27 PM |
| John | | Alabama | | | |
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The Greek roots of the term "Catholic" mean "according to (kata-) the whole (holos)," or more colloquially, "universal." At the beginning of the second century, we find in the letters of Ignatius the first surviving use of the term "Catholic" in reference to the Church. At that time, or shortly thereafter, it was used to refer to a single, visible communion, separate from others.The term "Catholic" is in the Apostles’, Nicene, and Athanasian creeds, and many Protestants, claiming the term for themselves, give it a meaning that is unsupported historically, ignoring the term’s use at the time the creeds were written. |
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| 1/30/07 12:53 PM |
| John | | San Jose, CA | | | |
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"Elder Diane Mizell said a key in choosing the Evangelical
Presbyterian Church was that women can be ministers, session
members and deacons."I don't know about the rest of the United States, but here in
California, MANY PCUSA churches have women pastors, elders,
deacons, etc. already...so why leave if you already have what
you want...unless women have even more power in the destination
denomination than the one being departed from. At least they're still somewhat sensitive to exaulting Christ,
infallibility of scripture, etc.; which is another stated reason
for their denomination change. My sister favors women pastors but her appeal is much more based
on culture than scripture. Rather than call Paul a "chauvinist",
she'd rather view people like me as naive, backward, and simply
"less-enlightened" than she and her fellow "believers". |
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1/31/07 11:44 AM
