Jesus and the Jewish Roots of the Eucharist

"I AM the living bread which came down from heaven... except you eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood; you shall not have life in you... He that eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood hath everlasting life: and I will raise him up in the last day... my flesh is meat indeed: and my blood is drink indeed... he that eateth this bread shall live forever..." Read John 6:36-67

"They that abstain from the Eucharist and from prayer because they do not confess that the Eucharist is the flesh of our Savior Jesus Christ, flesh which suffered for our sins and which that Father, in his goodness, raised up again. They who deny the gift of God are perishing in their disputes" (Letter to the Smyrnaeans 6:2--7:1 [A.D. 110]). - St. Ignatius Bishop of Antioch

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[douglasdolly]

Verses 23-26 reiterate what Jesus said at his last supper with the disciples, and it is well worth noting in verse 25 that the Greek text reads, “…do this, whenever you drink, in remembrance of me.”

[HetmanWojtek]

@douglasdolly

The Holy Mass is a remembrance of Christ's sacrifice at Calvary. Welcome to Catholicism 101.

[CrusaderLuis]

@HetmanWojtek In the Most Holy Name of Jesus Christ, Our Lord and Saviour, the Lamb of GOD, Our Life and Salvation, thank you for uploading this video. God Bless you always brother.

~ We must always pray for all those poor souls who continue to labour under deceived false notions as regards the history/doctrines of the Holy Catholic Church & Our Lord's Most Holy Eucharist... May the LORD grant them His Grace and remove the twisted hatred from their hearts and the scales from

their eyes. AMEN ✟

[CrusaderLuis]

"They abstain from the Eucharist and from prayer because they do not confess that the Eucharist is the flesh of our Savior Jesus Christ, flesh which suffered for our sins and which that Father, in his goodness, raised up again. They who deny the gift of God are perishing in their disputes" (Letter to the Smyrnaeans 6:2--7:1 [A.D. 110]). - St. Ignatius Bishop of Antioch

[HetmanWojtek]

@douglasdolly

The first commandment doesn't forbid the making of images, it forbids worshiping false gods. That's why GOD COMMANDS IMAGES

"Thou shalt make also two cherubims of beaten gold" - Exodus 25:18

Cherubim are a heavenly likeness btw.

And the Lord said to him: Make a brazen serpent, and set it up for a sign: whosoever being struck shall look on it, shall live. - Numbers 21:8

Vain repetitions? Read Psalms 136, Revelation 4:8 & Jesus in Mat 26:44

[HetmanWojtek]

@douglasdolly

2/2

It was the Catholic Church and the work of its pious Catholic monks who preserved the scriptures over a near 1000 years before the invention of the printing press. If it wasn’t for the Catholic Church, you wouldn’t have a Bible. Many books were disputed by the early Christian as being canon, particularly the Jewish Epistles, the Catholic Church said it is canon, and now it is in your Bible.

[HetmanWojtek]

@douglasdolly

1/2

The Bible doesn’t contradict the Catholic faith. The Bible is a Catholic book. It was written by Catholics (the apostles and old covenant saints) and the Catholic Church decided which books are canon and which are not in the Synod of Hippo in A.D 393.

[HetmanWojtek]

@douglasdolly

"TRADITIONS WERE USED BECAUSE WE DIDNT HAVE THE NEW TESTAMENT YET."

Is that why the New Testament tells us to follow tradition?

And we charge you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you withdraw yourselves from every brother walking disorderly and not according to the tradition which they have received of us. 2 Th 3:6

Therefore, brethren, stand fast: and hold the traditions, which you have learned, whether by word or by our epistle. 2 Th 2:15

[HetmanWojtek]

@douglasdolly

3/3

While “phago” might also have a spiritual application, "trogo" is never used metaphorically in Greek. So protestants cannot find one verse in Scripture where "trogo" is used symbolically, & yet this must be their argument if they are going to deny the Catholic understanding of Jesus' words. Moreover, the Jews already knew Jesus was speaking literally even before Jesus used the word “trogo” when they said “How can this man give us His flesh to eat?” (Jo 6:52).

[HetmanWojtek]

@douglasdolly

2/3

John 6:54, 56, 57, 58 - So Jesus uses an even more literal verb, translated as "trogo," which means to gnaw or chew or crunch. He increases the literalness and drives his message home. Jesus will literally give us His flesh and blood to eat. The word “trogo” is only used two other times in the New Testament (in Matthew 24:38 and John 13:18) and it always means to literally gnaw or chew meat. 

[HetmanWojtek]

@douglasdolly

1/3

John 6:23-53 - Throughout these verses, the Greek text uses the word "phago" nine times. "Phago" literally means "to eat" or "physically consume." Like the Protestants of our day, the disciples take issue with Jesus' literal usage of "eat." So Jesus does what?

[HetmanWojtek]

@douglasdolly

Matthew 26:26; Mark. 14:22; Luke 22:19-20 - the Greek phrase is "Touto estin to soma mou." This phraseology means "this is actually" or "this is really" my body and blood.

1 Corinthians 11:24 - the same translation is used by Paul - "touto mou estin to soma." The statement is "this is really" my body and blood. Nowhere in Scripture does God ever declare something without making it so.

[HetmanWojtek]

@douglasdolly

It's communion because your are in literal communion with Jesus Christ. Jesus' literal crucified and resurrected body and blood dwells in you.

"He that eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood hath everlasting life: and I will raise him up in the last day... my flesh is meat indeed: and my blood is drink indeed... He that eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood abideth in me: and I in him... he that eateth this bread shall live forever..."