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Lv 6

Do Roman Catholics and Lutherans essentially agree on the Eucharist?

This is the Lutheran understanding: It is the true body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ, under the bread and wine, for us Christians to eat and to drink, instituted by Christ Himself.

What is the benefit of such eating and drinking?

That is shown us in these words: Given, and shed for you, for the remission of sins; namely, that in the Sacrament forgiveness of sins, life, and salvation are given us through these words. For where there is forgiveness of sins, there is also life and salvation.

How can bodily eating and drinking do such great things?

It is not the eating and drinking, indeed, that does them, but the words which stand here, namely: Given, and shed for you, for the remission of sins. Which words are, beside the bodily eating and drinking, as the chief thing in the Sacrament; and he that believes these words has what they say and express, namely, the forgiveness of sins.

Who, then, receives such Sacrament worthily?

Fasting and bodily preparation is, indeed, a fine outward training; but he is truly worthy and well prepared who has faith in these words: Given, and shed for you, for the remission of sins.

But he that does not believe these words, or doubts, is unworthy and unfit; for the words For you require altogether believing hearts.

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  • 7 years ago
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    Catholic preparation requires more than "fasting and bodily preparation" it requires the recipient to be "in a state of grace" (ie; free from the stain of mortal sin through the sacrament of reconciliation "confession")

    Another substantial difference is the authority of the priest to consecrate the most blessed sacrament. Because Lutheran ministers are not recognized as having the authority to act "in persona Christi" the words of consecration are invalid. That is why Catholics can not receive communion in a Lutheran church because of their faith and the reason that Lutheran's are forbidden to receive the sacrament in the Catholic church.

  • 7 years ago

    Today, the Lutheran church is very close to the belief of the Catholic church.

    Many of the people in the Parish I attend were once Lutheran and eventually converted/returned to the Catholic church.

    Truthfully, they are an excellent group of people that really get involved in church activity, especially the women.

    Furthermore, it is a great welcome to see the above individuals come home - after a short time they realize the great love the Catholic church reflects toward them - we never forget our close brothers & sisters - we continually await their return with open arms.

    Peace be unto you'

  • Keith
    Lv 7
    7 years ago

    In Matthew 26V28ff:"For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins. V29:"But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom." When 'Jesus took bread': The head of the Jewish household was accustomed to doing this during the Passover feast the Jewish householder took bread in his hand and said, "This is the bread of affliction, which our fathers ate in the land of Egypt," meaning, of course, that the one represented the other. By His words the Lord changed the whole significance and emphasis of the feast from looking back to the typical redemption from Egypt to faith in the redemption from sin accomplished by His death. The bread and wine were only outward symbols of our Lord's death. Nothing in the Gospels indicates that these were to be viewed as a means of grace, sacraments, or that they were physically necessary for one's salvation. 'The cup' in the Jewish household during the Passover meal; the third, which is the one referred to here, being known as "the cup of blessing." 'My blood of the new testament' taken from the Greek Septuagint version of the Exodus24:8, with allusions to Jeremiah 31:31 and Zechariah 9:11. The covenant in Exodus 24:8 was sealed with blood. The word 'testament (Gr.diatheke) can also mean "a covenant." 'Shed for many for the remission of sins:" Here is a clear statement that the death of Jesus was necessary to enable God to forgive sins. It, in fact, made it right or morally justifiable for Him to do so. 'That day' refers to the time when He come again in glory. The communion ritual, as practiced in the Christian churches today, in some more than others, and with more significance and or misrepresentation and interpretation of varying degrees. Personally, it is done in remembrance only of Jesus sacrifice and has no further meaning, to the point where Paul refers to in 1Corinthians 11v27:" Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord. V28:"But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup." For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body." For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep." By correctly observing the 'celebration of remembrance of the Lord's Supper' we see here, the significance of approaching it in reverence, with clean and pure hearts and not making a mockery of it, hence the judgments that come upon all communion partakers of sickness and judgment by the Holy Spirit of God.

    Source(s): The Bible KJV
  • Owl
    Lv 6
    7 years ago

    Lutheran belief: consubstantiation

    Catholic belief: transubstantiation

  • 7 years ago

    Yes, so does Orthodoxy

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