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[–] BleakBluets@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago (2 children)

... symbolically eat his flesh, drink his blood...

Unless you are Lutheran. In which case they believe Jesus has "real presence" during communion.

Jesus said it, so it must literally be true, "is means is".

[–] vrighter@discuss.tchncs.de 21 points 11 months ago (3 children)

this can't be right. I was raised catholic and I have the word "transubstantiation" burnt into my brain. It means that the cracker and wine have actually become the flesh and blood. So no, it's not symbolic for christians either

[–] MyFairJulia@lemmy.world 15 points 11 months ago

Are they aware of the risk that Jesus‘ flesh could cause prion diseases?

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Well, it’s not symbolic for Catholics.

Plenty of other denominations look at you a little funny when you insist transubstantiation happens (and I’m pretty sure whoever started thst doctrine made the word up.)

It was pretty obvious symbolic and metaphorical.

[–] Captain_Waffles@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Yep, I remember struggling to learn to pronounce transubstantiation when I was 7 and in speech therapy because I was struggling to pronounce anything correctly. So I was just forced to practice it over and over and over again.

[–] Captain_Waffles@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago

Also Roman Catholic. I was raised that it wasn't symbolic, but actually transformed into his real flesh and blood. 🤮