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.
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And you know this how?


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