Blessings to you in becoming a priest but speak only the truth
@lovelyone9994
9 ай бұрын
I pray that you stay strong through the devil's many temptations and bring glory to God in a beautiful way❤
@mariamartins5796
9 ай бұрын
Congratulations, and remember this ,if you want your church full ,speak the thruth, speak about sin make people take communion with reverence, if possible, in the mouth. Then your church will be full. People like the thruth.
@dubiejohn2023
6 ай бұрын
Don't before you read the WORD and ask GOD for guidance. Praying for you
@HillbillyBlack
3 ай бұрын
The problem is the hyper focus on the metaphysical and not remembrance through the action. The bread and wine IS Christ. Scripture just never clarifies how and in what sense directly because the point is not the substance but the action. Rome has become obsessed with the substance and has forgotten the action. And worse, this has created several generations of fallen away Catholics who focus on their faith in their faith rather than keeping their eyes directly on Jesus. You don’t do that by internalizing the idea of consuming him literally but rather by taking in the truth of his father which is his word.
@JayRedding12_12
Жыл бұрын
It's also what the Apostles taught their disciples. St. Ignatius of Antioch, disciple of St. John wrote- "I have no taste for corruptible food nor for the pleasures of this life. I desire the bread of God, which is the flesh of Jesus Christ, who was of the seed of David; and for drink I desire his blood, which is love incorruptible" [Letter to the Romans 7 (c. A.D. 110) ] and "They abstain from the Eucharist and from prayer because they do not confess that the Eucharist is the flesh of our Savior Jesus Christ, flesh that suffered for our sins and that the Father, in his goodness, raised up again. They who deny the gift of God are perishing in their disputes" [from the letter to the Smyrnaeans (c. A.D. 110)].
@frayayele2761
Жыл бұрын
I believe 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽 proud to be Catholic!
@maryvictor1739
Жыл бұрын
THANK U FATHER!
@maryland8532
Жыл бұрын
Why doesn’t the Protestant church recognize Christ in the bread and wine, and especially since Jesus said it is my true body and true blood? Jesus, I believe and I trust in you!
@k.siemens3907
Жыл бұрын
Lay man here. But firstly, when Christ told the disciples, these were his body and blood, his body and blood was in fact in front of them and not yet sacrificed. So, in the beginning, it was purely symbolical. He also said right after "my body" and "my blood", that they should have this supper in remembrance of him. If miraculously Christ became physically present in bread and wine during mass, why would we be told to remember him? He is physically there, is he not? Thirdly, Jesus announced his disciples, that there would come a comforter to them (the holy spirit) once he was raised into heaven, bc he would not become physically present again, until he finally returns at the end of days. And for the time being, there was a replacement needed for guidance and assurance. Christ being physically present everytime a priest decides to hold mass, would stand against that. Also, I would not want to live in a church, where Christ would only then be present, when a priest is giving him to me. During covid curfew - have catholics been separated from Christ and his forgiving blood?
@deaconbartels
Жыл бұрын
@@k.siemens3907 You raise to many objections for me to reply to all of them, but to deal with the last one: Catholics believe in different modes of Christ's presence. He is present in the sacrifice of the Mass. He is present when two or three (or more) of his disciples are gathered together. He is also present in a special way-body, blood, soul, and divinity-in the Eucharist. These modes of presence are not in opposition to each other, but are distinct modes of presence.
@alfredynda2488
Жыл бұрын
@@k.siemens3907What church do you attend on Sundays?
@k.siemens3907
Жыл бұрын
@@alfredynda2488 An evangelical one
@savedbyJESUS777
Жыл бұрын
We DO recognize CHRIST in the bread and wine....Why do you assume we don't?! Here's a Wikipedia answer so you've got a broader answer Today, "the Eucharist" is the name still used by Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, Catholics, Anglicans, Presbyterians, and Lutherans. Other Protestant denominations rarely use this term, preferring "Communion", "the Lord's Supper", "Remembrance", or "the Breaking of Bread". So, see, we do. Growing up, my mom had us in the Baptist Church, we did COMMUNION in Easter. Now as an adult, when I was 23, I decided to visit my neighborhood Church, it is a Apostolic Church, and they do it the same way. We don't drink wine, but grape juice and a cracker type bread, but WE DO EAT IT IN RE ERMBERENCE OF CHRIST'S BODY AND BLOOD!
@fabiosssantana82
Жыл бұрын
Praise to you oh Lord Jesus Christ
@jaronjahaha1600
Жыл бұрын
I love you Jesus Christ AMEN 💖💖🙏🙌😘💕❣️❤️💞
@lovelyone9994
9 ай бұрын
Thank you, as a Protestant that's researching Catholicism, I've never heard that verse. I like hearing about the Eucharist
@deaconbartels
8 ай бұрын
You're welcome. I'll be praying for you, that you continue with openhearted study, that you may cross the Tiber and enter into full communion with the Church Christ founded on the headship of Peter!
@cjgonzales1994
Жыл бұрын
Thank you Deacon 🙏🏼
@JayRedding12_12
Жыл бұрын
We call this food Eucharist, and no one else is permitted to partake of it, except one who believes our teaching to be true and who has been washed in the washing that is for the remission of sins and for regeneration and is thereby living as Christ enjoined. For not as common bread nor common drink do we receive these; but since Jesus Christ our Savior was made incarnate by the word of God and had both flesh and blood for our salvation, so too, as we have been taught, the food that has been made into the Eucharist by the eucharistic prayer set down by him, and by the change of which our blood and flesh is nurtured, is both the flesh and the blood of that incarnated Jesus [Justin Martyr, First Apology 66 (c. A.D. 151)]
@Wagna_Redeemed
Жыл бұрын
I’m a current catholic but I’m having doubts about it. what about this scripture? 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
@twisty0079
Жыл бұрын
You are wise to question I’m not a fan of Religion they are all man made you were created to have a relationship with God so speak to him ask Him your questions believe He will answer you but pray to the Father in the name of Jesus you don’t need anyone to pray for you but I shall pray the Almighty God give you wisdom to know the truth in Jesus name. Be Blessed
@SeanzGarage
Жыл бұрын
The Eucharist is Jesus's Body, Blood (and) Soul & Divinity. It's Jesus's divinity within the material that makes it "divine", otherwise he's just a man. I believe that is the point Jesus is making by drawing a contrast from the natural world to the super natural world or (material to spirit). Doubts will only strengthen your faith if you seek strong and credible sources for answers. Consider picking up the Word on Fire Gospels (Gospels with in depth commentary) or St. Ignatius Catholic Study Bible or listening to Father Mikes commentary on KZitem for Bible in a year. Find credible Catholic KZitem channels and go from there. Please don't put much stock into people like twisty. I'm Glad he seems to be "Christian" but he clearly isn't a very deep thinking one by implying that Catholicism is "man made" and his independent specific perspective is somehow superior to 1000's of years of church theology and tradition.
@MiniWalshJunior
Жыл бұрын
When he says “the flesh” he is referring to fallen human nature. When he is talking about the eucharist he says “my flesh”. Paul uses the term “the flesh” a lot to refer to fallen human nature. But it’s not just the difference in wording because Jesus couldn’t have been referring to his flesh. Every christian acknowledges that Jesus was the incarnate or enfleshment of God that lived a life on earth in the flesh. He then dies a terrible death in the flesh for us and the forgiveness of our sins. If Jesus was referring to his flesh and not fallen human nature then Jesus would essentially be saying that his sacrifice was useless which we know isn’t true.
@southernlady1109
Жыл бұрын
After seeing the Jews and the disciples struggling with the radical nature of his words, our Lord says to the disciples and to us all: “It is the spirit that gives life, the flesh is of no avail; the words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life.” Protestants claim Jesus here lets us know he was speaking symbolically or “spiritually” when he said “the spirit gives life, the flesh is of no avail.” See? He is not giving us his flesh to eat because he says “the flesh is of no avail.” How do we respond? We can in several ways. 1) If Jesus was clearing up the point, he would have to be considered a poor teacher: Many of the disciples left him immediately thereafter because they still believed the words of our Lord to mean what they said. 2) Most importantly, Jesus did not say, “My flesh is of no avail.” He said, “The flesh is of no avail.” There is a rather large difference between the two. No one, it is safe to say, would have believed he meant my flesh avails nothing because he just spent a good portion of this same discourse telling us that his flesh would be “given for the life of the world” (Jn 6:51, cf. 50-58). So to what was he referring? The flesh is a New Testament term often used to describe human nature apart from God’s grace. For example, Christ said to the apostles in the Garden of Gethsemane, “Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation; the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak” (Mk 14:38). According to Paul, if we are in “the flesh,” we are “hostile to God” and “cannot please God” (cf. Rom 8:1-14). In First Corinthians 2:14, he tells us, “The unspiritual man does not receive the gifts of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned.” In First Corinthians 3:1, Paul goes on, “But I, brethren, could not address you as spiritual men, but as men of the flesh, as babes in Christ.” It requires supernatural grace in the life of the believer to believe the radical declaration of Christ concerning the Eucharist. As Jesus himself said both before and after this “hard saying”: “No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him” (Jn 6:44, cf. 6:65). Belief in the Eucharist is a gift of grace. The natural mind-or the one who is in “the flesh”-will never be able to understand this great Christian truth. 3) On another level very closely related to our last point, Christ said, “It is the spirit that gives life, the flesh is of no avail,” because he wills to eliminate any possibility of a sort of crass literalism that would reduce his words to a cannibalistic understanding. It is the Holy Spirit that will accomplish the miracle of Christ being able to ascend into heaven bodily while being able simultaneously to distribute his body and blood in the Eucharist for the life of the world. A human body, even a perfect one, apart from the power of the Spirit could not accomplish this. 4) That which is spiritual does not necessarily equate to that which has no material substance. It often means that which is dominated or controlled by the Spirit. One thing we do not want to do as Christians is to fall into the trap of believing that because Christ says his words are “spirit and life,” or “spiritual,” they cannot involve the material. When speaking of the resurrection of the body, Paul wrote: “It is sown a physical body, it is raised a spiritual body” (1 Cor 15:44). Does this mean we will not have a physical body in the resurrection? Of course not. In Luke 24:39, Jesus made that clear after his own Resurrection: “See my hands and my feet, that it is I myself; handle me, and see; for a spirit has not flesh and bones as you see that I have.” The resurrected body is spiritual, and indeed we can be called spiritual as Christians inasmuch as we are controlled by the Spirit of God. Spiritual in no way means void of the material. That interpretation is more gnostic than Christian. The confusion here is most often based upon confusion between spirit-a noun-and the adjective spiritual. When spirit is used, e.g., “God is spirit” in John 4:24, it is then referring to that which is not material. However, the adjective spiritual is not necessarily referring to the absence of the material; rather, it is referring to the material controlled by the Spirit. Thus, we could conclude that Jesus’ words, “It is the spirit that gives life, the flesh is of no avail” have essentially a twofold meaning. Only the Spirit can accomplish the miracle of the Eucharist, and only the Spirit can empower us to believe the miracle.
@SonicSnakeRecords
11 ай бұрын
The “flesh” Jesus notes in John 6:63 refers to our inclination to think only with our natural human reason instead of the enlightenment that comes with the grace of God, with whom all things are possible (see Matt. 19:26).
@_jillkay
Жыл бұрын
I’m in confirmation class right now and really trying to understand this. I understand Jesus told his disciples at the last supper that the bread and wine were his body and blood. But when did he say that at every mass going forward through time, that when the priest repeats his words, that the host and wine will be changed again? It sounds to me like Jesus just changed it one time for his disciples who were there with him at that time. And he told us to “do this in remembrance” but what exactly is “this?” To me it sounds like ‘gather with people and have bread and wine and remember his sacrifice.’ Why do Catholics believe its changed at every mass around the world since the last supper?
@southernlady1109
Жыл бұрын
Read 1 Cor 11:23-29 and Jn 6:51-59 Jesus told His apostles to continue His offerings until He returns.
@deaconbartels
Жыл бұрын
I think part of what you're struggling with in terms of the Eucharist and the Mass is that not everything the Church believes and teaches is explicitly found in Scripture. The reason for this is that Catholics do not accept the Protestant doctrine of sola scriptura (scripture alone as the sole rule of faith). As Catholics, we recognize that the teaching of Christ is also handed on through apostolic tradition or Sacred Tradition as the Catechism calls it. You are correct, Jesus did not say in the gospels that "the host and wine will be changed into my body and blood at every Mass in the future." However, he did institute the Mass at the Last Supper, and he also confirmed the apostles in their priestly ministry. In the early Church, the apostles practiced the "breaking of the bread" (see Acts), which is a reference to the eucharistic liturgy. From the Last Supper forward, the Church of Jesus Christ (the Catholic Church) has always celebrated the Mass in which the bread and wine is converted by the power of the Holy Spirit into the body and blood of Christ when the priest says the words of consecration, which repeat Jesus' words at the Last Supper. At every Mass, Jesus is the High Priest. The priestly minister who celebrates the Mass is his instrument. Additionally, if Christ instituted the Eucharist at the Last Supper but made no provision for this gift to be perpetuated throughout all time in the Church, his teaching in John 6 would make no sense, because no one other than the apostles could ever receive Christ's flesh and blood. If that were indeed the case, Jesus would have had no reason to give his teaching as he did in John 6.
@davepugh2519
11 ай бұрын
You can make the Bible say whatever you want
@southernlady1109
11 ай бұрын
Jesus said He’s the living bread, the bread He gives is His FLESH, unless we eat His Flesh & drink His Blood, WE WILL HAVE NO LIFE IN US. WE WOULD NEVER ENTER HEAVEN. If we eat & drink of Him UNWORTHILY, WE WILL BE LIABLE & BRING A SENTENCE AGAINST OURSELVES FOR NOT DISCERNING IT TO BE THE BODY And BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST, OUR GOD And SAVIOR. Jn6:51-59, 1 Cor 11:23-29 John 6:51 I am the LIVING BREAD, who descended from heaven. 6:52 If anyone eats from this bread, he shall live in eternity. And the bread that I will give is my FLESH, for the life of the world.” 6:53 Therefore, the Jews debated among themselves, saying, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?” 6:54 And so, Jesus said to them: “Amen, amen, I say to you, UNLESS YOU EAT THE FLESH OF THE SON OF MAN AND DRINK HIS BLOOD, YOU WILL NOT HAVE LIFE IN YOU. 6:55 Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day. 6:56 For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. 6:57 Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me, and I in him. 6:58 Just as the living Father has sent me and I live because of the Father, so also whoever eats me, the same shall live because of me. 6:59 This is the bread that descends from heaven. It is not like the manna that your fathers ate, for they died. Whoever eats this bread shall live forever.” Some of Jesus Christs followers left Him as they knew He was not speaking metaphorically. He doubled down several times that He meant literally to eat and drink of Him for eternal life. The Transubstantiation occurs when the Priest blesses the bread and wine, transforming them into The Body and Blood of Jesus Christ, our God and Savior. 1 Corinthians 11:23 For I have received from the Lord what I have also delivered to you: that the Lord Jesus, on the same night that he was handed over, took bread, 11:24 and giving thanks, he broke it, and said: “Take and eat. This is my body, which SHALL BE GIVEN UP FOR YOU. Do this in remembrance of me.” 11:25 Similarly also, the cup, after he had eaten supper, saying: “This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.” 11:26 For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the death of the Lord, UNTIL HE RETURNS. 11:27 And so, whoever eats this bread, or drinks from the cup of the Lord, UNWORTHILY, SHALL BE LIABLE FOR THE BODY AND BLOOD OF THE LORD. 11:28 But let a man examine himself, and, in this way, let him eat from that bread, and drink from that cup. 11:29 For whoever eats and drinks unworthily, EATS and DRINKS A SENTENCE AGAINST HIMSELF, NOT DISCERNING IT TO BE THE BODY OF THE LORD. The Transubstantiation occurs only in a Catholic or Orthodox Mass. There are Eucharistic Miracles happening around the world. Pope Francis witnessed one when he was an Archbishop in Brazil. Scientific studies proved the Blessed Eucharist is human heart tissue from the left ventricle (responsible for pumping blood and life through our bodies). The studies show the tissue is from a man who suffered extreme torture. The tissue was still ALIVE after many weeks.
@Obedience33
28 күн бұрын
Read the Catechism also. The Bible is only part of Church teaching. The bible even says that not everything Jesus did is in the bible.
@Vincenzo-wn1or
Жыл бұрын
The eucharist is everything
@andio98
Жыл бұрын
The Eucharist is the Body Blood Soul and Divinity of Jesus Christ
@HillbillyBlack
3 ай бұрын
The problem is the hyper focus on the metaphysical and not remembrance through the action. The bread and wine IS Christ. Scripture just never clarifies how and in what sense directly because the point is not the substance but the action. Rome has become obsessed with the substance and has forgotten the action. And worse, this has created several generations of fallen away Catholics who focus on their faith in their faith rather than keeping their eyes directly on Jesus. You don’t do that by internalizing the idea of consuming him literally but rather by taking in the truth of his father which is his word.
@BasiliscBaz
11 ай бұрын
Amen
@Francis-gd4ds
Жыл бұрын
🙏🏻
@sontan5501
11 ай бұрын
Catholic believe in the eucharist not only we believe Jesus Word but because Salvation was not only given to his 12 elected disciples, but to share the Sacrament of Salvation to all humanity living in this world untill Jesus Christ come again.
@emilyburch7330
2 ай бұрын
Just accept Jesus in your heart, have faith in him and what he did on the cross and you will be saved..no need for rituals and ceremonies
@Obedience33
28 күн бұрын
Are you baptized my friend? Baptism is a ritual. Also, no where in the bibke dies it state to " just accept Jesus in your heart". We must follow Jesus commands and Sacraments. Being a True follower is not easy.
@HillbillyBlack
3 ай бұрын
The problem is the hyper focus on the metaphysical and not remembrance through the action. The bread and wine IS Christ. Scripture just never clarifies how and in what sense directly because the point is not the substance but the action. Rome has become obsessed with the substance and has forgotten the action. And worse, this has created several generations of fallen away Catholics who focus on their faith in their faith rather than keeping their eyes directly on Jesus. You don’t do that by internalizing the idea of consuming him literally but rather by taking in the truth of his father which is his word.
@TheManofsorrows
23 күн бұрын
Protestants totally reject this!
@YeshuaSaves3
4 ай бұрын
If remembrance then it cannot be actually presence more than through The Holy Spirit since He would have said do this so I can actually be with you physically and you won’t need to remember since I’ll be there with you…
@blazel462
3 ай бұрын
1 Corinthians 3:16 - “Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in your midst?”
@HillbillyBlack
3 ай бұрын
The problem is the hyper focus on the metaphysical and not remembrance through the action. The bread and wine IS Christ. Scripture just never clarifies how and in what sense directly because the point is not the substance but the action. Rome has become obsessed with the substance and has forgotten the action. And worse, this has created several generations of fallen away Catholics who focus on their faith in their faith rather than keeping their eyes directly on Jesus. You don’t do that by internalizing the idea of consuming him literally but rather by taking in the truth of his father which is his word.
@andio98
Жыл бұрын
❤❤❤❤
@southernlady1109
8 ай бұрын
Jesus said He’s the living bread, the bread He gives is His FLESH, unless we eat His Flesh & drink His Blood, WE WILL HAVE NO LIFE IN US.If we eat & drink of Him UNWORTHILY, WE WILL BE LIABLE & BRING A SENTENCE AGAINST OURSELVES FOR NOT DISCERNING IT TO BE THE BODY & BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST, OUR GOD & SAVIOR. Jn6:51-59, 1Cor 11:23-29
@biggestbungus3096
10 ай бұрын
Christ's body is also used in referring to the church. Is the church Christ's literal body?
@deaconbartels
8 ай бұрын
The Church is the mystical and physical body of Christ extended in time. Every baptized Catholic is a member of Christ's body. St. Paul of course teaches that.
@Roddy-Faith
Жыл бұрын
Wake up priest! Matthew 25:46 (KJV) And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal. I am a sabbath keeper and i follow the commandments of our father i am a minister Appointed by god ❤ I didnt choose my position i was led by the spirit ❤ I warn those for those who follow a doctrine of abominations Matthew 25:41 (KJV) Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels: Jesus wants you to repent god will punish those who do not keep his commands ❤
@colenewaltersmusicandother9330
Жыл бұрын
God not god. And I agree with you .
@SeanzGarage
Жыл бұрын
What exactly are you going on about? Is this a "you're going to hell for going to church on Sunday instead of Saturday" thing? Honestly not sure how I can trust any "minister" that doesn't capitalize 5 references to our eternal God in a single post. This shows very little reverence to your Creator. (God, Spirit, He, Me, God)
@Roddy-Faith
Жыл бұрын
@SeanzGarage If you do not keep the commandments then you are breaking the laws that jesus told us to keep There going to hell for worshipping idols on a idol day
@SeanzGarage
Жыл бұрын
@@Roddy-Faith Sounds like the indoctrination is strong with you, just perhaps not the reverence. Please capitalize Jesus when you speak about our Lord and Savoir. Also, by "There" do you mean "They're"? If so, by 'they are' do you mean that Catholics are worshiping idols? I hope this is not your claim because it would immediately highlight how indoctrinated you actually are and how little you understand outside of your own tiny bubble.
@southernlady1109
Жыл бұрын
Mt 25:46 is not talking about Gods Clergy in His One True Apostolic Catholic Church. Jesus established The Catholic Church, appointed His apostles leaders, Peter as Head, gave THEM His authority, power, Doctrine and Sacraments (The Keys to the Kingdom of Heaven), before His Passion. Jesus Christ is The New Covenant. He resurrected on Easter Sunday, the first day of the week. The Sabbath is for the Jewish community. Jesus Christ taught He wants everyone to be His One True Church, receiving His Sacraments, Doctrine and Teaching or we DO NOT HAVE GOD. ALL 44,000 other Christian Churches broke away from Gods Church, Doctrine, Sacraments and Teaching. 2 John 1:9 Everyone who withdraws and does not remain in the doctrine of Christ, DOES NOT HAVE GOD. Whoever remains in the doctrine, such a one as this has both the Father and the Son. Galatians 1:6 I wonder that you have been so quickly transferred, from him who called you into the grace of Christ, over to another gospel. Galatians 1:7 For there is no other, except that there are some persons who disturb you and who want to overturn the Gospel of Christ. Galatians 1:8 But if anyone, even we ourselves or an Angel from Heaven, were to preach to you a gospel other than the one that we have preached to you, let him be anathema. Galatians 1:9 Just as we have said before, so now I say again: If anyone has preached a gospel to you, other than that which you have received, let him be anathema. John 3:5 Jesus responded: “Amen, amen, I say to you, unless one has been reborn by water and the Holy Spirit, he is not able to enter into the kingdom of God. John 6:54 And so, Jesus said to them: “Amen, amen, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, you will not have life in you. John 20:21 Therefore, he said to them again: “Peace to you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you.” John 20:22 When he had said this, he breathed on them. And he said to them: “Receive the Holy Spirit. John 20:23 Those whose sins you shall forgive, they are forgiven them, and those whose sins you shall retain, they are retained.” Revelation 21:27 There shall not enter into it anything defiled, nor anything causing an abomination, nor anything false, but only those who have been written in the Book of Life of the Lamb. The Catholic Church gave The Holy Bible to the world. Over 1500 years later, Protestants, without Gods authority, rewrote it, deleted verses, chapters, books and changed wording to The Holy Bible and to The Ten Commandments. Revelation 22:18 For I call as witnesses all listeners of the words of the prophecy of this book. If anyone will have added to these, God will add upon him the afflictions written in this book. Revelation 22:19 And if anyone will have taken away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his portion from the Book of Life, and from the Holy City, and from these things which have been written in this book.
@user-ys1jj6yq2i
11 ай бұрын
Worship it?
@88BuckMeister
9 ай бұрын
Christ also said he's a door. Take him at his word?
@deaconbartels
8 ай бұрын
We can distinguish between literal and non-literal language in the scriptures. Some of Christ's sayings are metaphors (I am the vine, you are the branches). However, his teaching in John 6 on eating his flesh and drinking his blood is literal. The Church, as did the apostles, has always upheld that teaching and belief.
@88BuckMeister
8 ай бұрын
@@deaconbartels I agree with you I just wanted to see what you'd say 🤣
@deaconbartels
8 ай бұрын
🙂@@88BuckMeister
@justinlemieux5189
2 ай бұрын
@@deaconbartels In Jewish thought, bread was equated with the Torah, and "eating of it" was reading and understanding the covenant of God (cf. Deuteronomy 8:3). For example, the apocryphal book of Sirach states, "'He who eats of me will hunger still, he who drinks of me will thirst for more; he who obeys me will not be put to shame, he who serves me will never fail.' All this is true of the book of Most High’s covenant, the law which Moses commanded us as an inheritance for the community of Jacob" (Sirach 24:20-22). Quoting from Sirach here is not endorsing it as Scripture; it only serves to illustrate how the Jewish people thought of Mosaic Law. It is important to understand the equating of bread with the Torah to appreciate Jesus’ real point. In John 6, Jesus is actually telling the crowd that He is superior to the Torah (cf. John 6:49-51) and the entire Mosaic system of Law. The passage from Sirach states that those who eat of the Law will "hunger still" and "thirst for more"; this language is mirrored by Jesus when He says, "He who comes to Me will never be hungry, he who believes in Me will never be thirsty" (John 6:35). Jesus is not commanding people to literally eat His flesh and drink His blood. He is telling them the core of all Christian doctrine: belief in Jesus Himself ("The work of God is this: to believe in the One He has sent," John 6:29, emphasis added). Therefore, the Catholic interpretation of John 6 is unbiblical. Jesus said it was spiritual.
@deaconbartels
2 ай бұрын
@@justinlemieux5189 Even if what you point out about Jewish thought in relation to eating bread and the Torah is true, Jesus' teaching is not limited by it. The fact is, when he took the bread into his hands at the Last Supper he said, "This is my body." In John 6, the Jews listening to Jesus clearly took his teaching to be difficult (it did not follow their previous tradition, as you suggest). Yet Christ made no effort to soften what he was saying but doubled down on it. Furthermore, the first Christians, like St. Ignatius of Antioch or Augustine (and many others) believed the Eucharist to be the flesh and blood of Christ. What you're doing is interpreting scripture personally as opposed to doing so in light of the constant teaching of the Catholic Church. This reduces the Word of God to each man's opinion. It results in an endless series of unresolvable disputes about its meaning. When Protestants did this in the 16th century, they separated themselves from 1500 years of Christian belief. Finally, the vast majority of Christians today believe the Eucharist is Christ's flesh and blood. The Eastern Orthodox believe this, Catholics believe this in both the West and East, and even some Protestants do so as well, such as Lutherans and Anglicans (although these Protestants in reality have no valid priesthood and therefore no valid Eucharist).
@Balharbor28
Жыл бұрын
Please ask Pope Francis to declare that all religions are legitimate paths to god as one
@southernlady1109
Жыл бұрын
He can’t because that’s not Gods Truth! God only established ONE Church, The Catholic Church.
@Balharbor28
Жыл бұрын
@southernlady1109 Dr. Walter Veith tells a different story about Christian conflicts on this very channel and about the many cults that make up Christianity. Every christian must listen to what Dr. Veith said. He said quite a lot. The Catholic Church is not considered Christian by many branches of Christianity. They think it is a cult. There are 45 thousand Christian sects. Which one practices the truth and the word of god
@southernlady1109
Жыл бұрын
The Catholic Church is the original Christian Church, the only one established by God Himself. The only one He gave His Doctrine, Sacraments, Clergy, power, authority and Teachings to. Stop trolling Catholic videos to slander God.
@Balharbor28
Жыл бұрын
@southernlady1109 Pope Francis appears to be the most liberal of all the popes. You never know how he will respond to the principle of all religions are legitimate paths to god.
@southernlady1109
Жыл бұрын
@@Balharbor28 God said - Matthew 16:18 And I say to you, that you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hell shall not prevail against it. Matthew 16:19 And I will give YOU the keys of the kingdom of heaven. And whatever YOU shall bind on earth shall be bound, even in heaven. And whatever YOU shall release on earth shall be released, even in heaven.” John 10:16 And I have other sheep that are not of this fold, and I must lead them. They shall hear my voice, and there shall be ONE SHEEPFOLD and ONE SHEPHERD. John 17:20 But I am not praying for them only, but also for those who through their word shall believe in me. John 17:21 So may they all be one. Just as you, Father, are in me, and I am in you, so also may they be one in us: so that the world may believe that you have sent me. John 17:22 And the glory that you have given to me, I have given to them, so that they may be one, just as we also are one. John 17:23 I am in them, and you are in me. So may they be perfected as one. And may the world know that you have sent me and that you have loved them, just as you have also loved me. John 17:24 Father, I will that where I am, those whom you have given to me may also be with me, so that they may see my glory which you have given to me. For you loved me before the founding of the world. John 10:25 Jesus answered them: “I speak to you, and you do not believe. The works that I do in the name of my Father, these offer testimony about me. John 10:26 But you do not believe, because you are not of my sheep. John 10:27 My sheep hear my voice. And I know them, and they follow me. John 10:28 And I give them eternal life, and they shall not perish, for eternity. And no one shall seize them from my hand. Ephesians 4:4 One body and one Spirit: to this you have been called by the one hope of your calling: Ephesians 4:5 ONE Lord, ONE FAITH, ONE BAPTISM, Ephesians 4:6 one God and Father of all, who is over all, and through all, and in us all. Ephesians 2:19 Now, therefore, you are no longer visitors and new arrivals. Instead, you are citizens among the saints in the household of God, Ephesians 2:20 having been built upon the foundation of the Apostles and of the Prophets, with Jesus Christ himself as the preeminent cornerstone. Ephesians 2:21 In him, all that has been built is framed together, rising up into a holy temple in the Lord. Ephesians 2:22 In him, you also have been built together into a habitation of God in the Spirit. God established His One True Apostolic Catholic Church and Doctrine with His apostles, before His Passion. He appointed them leaders, Peter as Head, gave THEM His authority, power and Sacraments (The Keys to the Kingdom of Heaven). He wants everyone to be His Church, receiving His Doctrine, Sacraments and Teaching, or YOU DO NOT HAVE GOD. 2 John 1:9 Everyone who withdraws and does not remain in the doctrine of Christ, DOES NOT HAVE GOD. Whoever remains in the doctrine, such a one as this has both the Father and the Son. Galatians 1:6 I wonder that you have been so quickly transferred, from him who called you into the grace of Christ, over to another gospel. Galatians 1:7 For there is no other, except that there are some persons who disturb you and who want to overturn the Gospel of Christ. Galatians 1:8 But if anyone, even we ourselves or an Angel from Heaven, were to preach to you a gospel other than the one that we have preached to you, let him be anathema. Galatians 1:9 Just as we have said before, so now I say again: If anyone has preached a gospel to you, other than that which you have received, let him be anathema. John 3:5 Jesus responded: “Amen, amen, I say to you, unless one has been reborn by water and the Holy Spirit, he is not able to enter into the kingdom of God. John 6:54 And so, Jesus said to them: “Amen, amen, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, you will not have life in you. John 20:21 Therefore, he said to them again: “Peace to you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you.” John 20:22 When he had said this, he breathed on them. And he said to them: “Receive the Holy Spirit. John 20:23 Those whose sins you shall forgive, they are forgiven them, and those whose sins you shall retain, they are retained.” 2 Corinthians 5:18 But all is of God, who has reconciled us to himself through Christ, and who has given us the ministry of reconciliation. 2 Corinthians 5:19 For certainly God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, not charging them with their sins. And he has placed in us the Word of reconciliation. 2 Corinthians 5:20 Therefore, we(Priests) are ambassadors for Christ, so that God is exhorting through us. We beseech you for Christ: be reconciled to God. Those are just three of the Seven Sacraments that are required to enter Heaven.
@taylorbucciarelli3664
Жыл бұрын
It’s symbolism not the real blood and flesh!
@deaconbartels
8 ай бұрын
Not according to Jesus teaching. When he took the bread into his hands at the Last Supper, he said, "This is my body." He did not say, "This represents my body." Also, his teaching in John 6 is very clear: Unless you eat and drink my blood, you have no life in you.
@bobbobb4804
Жыл бұрын
Even traditional Protestants believe in it.
@deaconbartels
8 ай бұрын
Some have beliefs similar to the Catholic understanding of the Eucharist, but in general not identical to it. Having said that, Protestant communities in general do not have a valid Eucharist because they lack a valid priesthood. They lost apostolic succession. They do not have valid bishops and priests. No priests, no Eucharist.
@bobbobb4804
8 ай бұрын
@@deaconbartels Groups like the Traditional Lutherans, and Anglicans believe in the real presence in the Eucharist. The Protestants that don’t believe in it are the radical reformation Protestants like Calvinists and Baptists. Im Orthodox so I would say no Protestants or Roman Catholics have valid communion, even though Catholics and Anglicans have apostolic succession, and priests.
@deaconbartels
8 ай бұрын
Lutheran's believe in consubstantiation, not transubstantiation as do Catholics. There's a difference, as I said. Anglicans may believe in the real presence, but they do not have the Eucharist because they lost apostolic succession and have no valid priesthood. Most Protestants do not believe in the Eucharist (seeing it as only a symbol), not just Calvinists and Baptists. Furthermore, they do not have the Eucharist (including Lutheran's) because they have no priesthood or apostolic succession. The Eastern Orthodox have a valid Eucharist because they have apostolic succession and valid priests. To say that "no Catholics have valid communion" is historically and biblically indefensible. The Catholic Church existed prior to the Eastern Orthodox, which was created by schism in the 11th century. It is the Eastern Orthodox who are not in communion with the chair of Peter (Mt 16:17-19), not the other way around. The Eastern Orthodox went into schism from the Catholic Church. The Catholic Church did not go into schism from the Eastern Orthodox, as if the EO pre-existed the Catholic Church. That is simply a historical fact. @@bobbobb4804
@bobbobb4804
8 ай бұрын
@@deaconbartels I wasn’t talking about if Protestants have the exact same beliefs on the Eucharist, I was talking about if they believe in the real presence in the Eucharist. I know there are differences between their beliefs. There are thousands of Protestant denominations all with a variety of beliefs, and the point I was making is traditional Protestants do believe in the Eucharist. I’m not sure about the numbers but most Protestants probably don’t believe in it because of how many evangelical Christians there are. Lutherans have a priest hood but no apostolic succession, but anglicans have a priest hood and historical apostolic succession just like the Roman Catholic Church. Regarding the history, the eastern churches and the western church have always existed, but split in 1054. The early church was a pentarcy, with Jerusalem, Antioch, Alexandria, Rome, and Constantinople all being autocephalous with all being equal in power, independent from each other, and all being in communion with each other. Rome was a first among equals in the early church, and wasn’t higher than the other 4 patriarchates in authority. In July 16, 1054, Rome excommunicated the rest of the church, and was excommunicated back right after, and not the other way around. Rome literally carried out the schism. Also both churches have apostolic succession from all the apostles, and the Patriarch of Antioch can also claim direct succession from Peter. This magisterium, and “chair of Peter” stuff has only been used by the bishop of Rome since 1870. Matthew 16 also doesn’t preach Vatican I doctrines of the bishop of Rome. It just says the church was built on Peter, not that anybody who can claim succession from him are the supreme pontiff of the church, and are infallible. Also the Roman Catholic Church has only recently started saying the Eastern Orthodox Church has a valid priesthood and Eucharist because Rome is now ecumenist which is the pan heresy. Rome has stopped so low in modern times, it’s now in communion with Nestorians and Miaphysites. How can Roman Catholics claim the name Catholic when there church has different beliefs depending on where you go and who you ask, it can’t be Catholic which means universal.
@LeonelMartinez-lk9iv
10 ай бұрын
I’m going to hell ???
@deaconbartels
5 ай бұрын
Not if you turn to Christ in faith, receive baptism in the Catholic Church and then repent of mortal sin if you commit it after baptism.
@DW-yb5pk
11 ай бұрын
Perhaps you shouldnt worship the ‘eucharist’. Or mary for that matter. Afterall......they are not the Father, the Son nor the Spirit.
@deaconbartels
8 ай бұрын
The Eucharist is Jesus Christ sacramentally present under the signs of bread and wine. It is Christ himself. It is therefore a Christian duty to worship it. And Catholics do NOT worship Mary.
@deaconbartels
5 ай бұрын
The Eucharist is Jesus Christ. So we rightly worship the Eucharist. Catholics do NOT worship the Virgin Mary.
@Jackoooloop9456
11 ай бұрын
Yep, keep worshipping a metal container... Or... realise that Jesus is not commanding us to drink blood (which was outlawed to us) and to become a cannibal (which is obviously also outlawed). Jesus was talking symbolically here. We don't also say Jesus is a vine, and we must somehow go stand out in the garden and be a branch, waiting to be joined. We know it's a symbol for what is happening Spiritually. In the same way, we partake in His body broken for us, and His blood poured out for us, which saves us. In no world is it okay to worship the Eucharist. Heresy, blatant heresy.
@georgepierson4920
6 ай бұрын
We do not worship a metal container. There is a huge distinction between cannibalism and what Jesus taught in John 6. You should try researching that.
@Jackoooloop9456
6 ай бұрын
@@georgepierson4920 I think when people say something like that, they think that I've never looked into it or researched it before... of course I have? I've read John 6 innumerable times. I don't see anything in there about the Eucharist or anything about it being the "source and summit of the lifeblood of the church" - no, no that's the Holy Spirit. You don't receive the physical body and blood of Christ to eat him. That is a poor reading and understanding of scripture, and is bluntly ignorant to Ancient Near Eastern Writing. And finally, you DO NOT WORSHIP ANY OTHER GOD - including the Eucharist. But Catholics do.
@flyingwhales1991
6 ай бұрын
And this is the problem when you only have one source to teach you about Christ. The Jews walked away when Jesus said they have to eat His flesh and drink His blood. They thought it was insane. In the Last Supper Jesus broke the bread and gave them wine “..this is my body and my blood…” After his resurrection Jesus was talking to two men. They didn’t realize who He was until Jesus broke bread and let them eat it. Come back to the true church. Honestly, Protestantism is so confusing when you let fallible people interpret the Bible. I commend you for your Faith but the rest of it is so off. We bow and kneel when the Eucharist is presented because Jesus is in our midst. His Body and His blood are being presented. Of course we worship. Nothing about what Protestants do is worship. More like “study” and “pray” but neither of those are worship
@Jackoooloop9456
6 ай бұрын
@@flyingwhales1991 one source? The Holy Word of God is just a "source" to you that is not complete on its own? I just can't agree with that. The Pope is fallible, yet you have him interpret the word of God... All your doctrines are strange traditions of man, found nowhere in scripture. Or at least from what I can see. Protestants also definitely worship. John 4. In Spirit and in Truth.
@rugg9214
8 ай бұрын
I think, how can people buy into this crap? Would be a better question
@deaconbartels
8 ай бұрын
Christians "buy into it" because Jesus Christ is God made man. He has the power to accomplish his will and his words are truth.
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