@GeorgeNicholasK@metathomist I rebutted your point of it being ubiquitously understood. It was more common in the east. The Church in the west slowly came to the right judgement. See Corinthians for more details
@GeorgeNicholasK@metathomist If it was ubiquitously understood then Origen, Clement of Alexandria, and Justin Martyr wouldn’t have written emphasizing instruction, faith and maturity for communion. Church fathers opinions are nuanced. Yet the opinion of Paul is quite clear, and he learned from Jesus himself
@GeorgeNicholasK@metathomist Ad hominem. You have to attack me because you can’t beat the scripturally sound logic I presented to your argument. Would you like a retry?
@GeorgeNicholasK@metathomist St. Paul is disgusting too?
For anyone who eats and drinks without discerning the body eats and drinks judgment on himself. 1 Corinthians 11:29
Most Orthodox Christians are friendly and respectful to Catholics, you need to check yourself buddy. You’re make EO look bad
@gonefishin1948 Bow reverently before stepping up for your turn. Non dominant hand cupped over dominant hand. Priest says “The Body of Christ”, you say “Amen”. Priest places host in cupped non dominant hand, grab host carefully with dominant hand, place on tongue. Make sign of cross (optional)
I swear every Atheist account is the same.
1. Post an anti religion straw man argument
2. Receive genuinely logical counterarguments in the comments
3. Reply to each comment with unrelated secondary straw man arguments
4. Claim they are logical
Because mankind is in a fallen state brought about by sin. Our minds have been corrupted and infiltrated by greed, lust, and selfishness. Systems based on perfect trust are not possible until the Lord perfects us by grace, until he comes again to judge the world and remake it
Friends, Jesus says, “Fear no one.” If finitude in awareness is anxiety—and it is—and ruthless people know how to use our fears to manipulate us, how do we avoid being afraid?
It is possible if and only if you go through something like a “metanoia.” “Meta” means “beyond”; “nous” means “mind.” Therefore, “metanoia” means to go beyond the mind you have, to change your way of thinking and seeing—to change the fundamental attitude of your life.
What if you were to undergo a metanoia, and the center of your life became not your body and its preoccupation but the soul?