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Originally posted by GeekyPenguin
I was also told that Protestants view the Eucharist (Communion) as a representation of what Jesus did, rather than how Catholics view it as directly receiving Jesus. . . . [W]e believe that the host and wine become Jesus and he becomes a part of us, and Protestants do not.
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More accurate to say that
some Protestants see Communion as a "representation" rather than actually receiving the Body and Blood of Christ. The older Protestant groups -- the Lutherans, Presbyterians and Anglicans -- all teach that the Body and Blood of Christ
are received in the Sacrament. They may disagree with each other (and with the Catholic Church) about
how this happens, but they do teach that it
does happen.
Okay, I'll try to be quiet for a while.
