Re: The sacriments=works


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>> >> >>>> Last that I knew any action equates to a work and salvation is by
>> > faith
>> >> >>>> not works so how can any of the sacriments be rationalized as
> earning
>> >> >>>> salvation?
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> Ask Jesus:
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> Joh 6:53 (6:54) Then Jesus said to them: Amen, amen, I say unto
> you:
>> > except
>> >> >>> you eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, you shall
> not
>> > have
>> >> >>> life in you.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >> It's an analogy just like the reference to bread in Joh 6:51 is an
>> > analogy.
>> >> >> Ya gotta read it in context.
>> >> >
>> >> > You have to shutup. There is no one in antiquity, no let me rephrase
>> >> > that...There is no one, excepting some cultists in the last few
>> > centuries,
>> >> > that ever interpreted that statement as you do.
>> >> >
>> >> > Perhaps you could cite a few witnesses to your interpretation?
>> >> >
>> >> > All the early Christians took it literally. But what do you care?
> You're
>> >> > infallible aren't you?
>> >> >
>> >> > BAM
>> >> Lu 22:19
>> >> 1Co 11:24
>> >> The key phrase is "this do in remembrance of me"
>> >
>> > Remembrance does not mean analogy. Or a non-literal interpretation.
>> >
>> > The early Christians, when celebrating the Eucharist in remembrance of
>> > Jesus, believed it was literally his body and blood. Other ideas came
> much,
>> > much later.
>> >
>>
>> And you know this how?
>
> From their writings.
>

Where in the Bible can I find these writings?


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