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The Catholic Belief in the Eucharist

First of all, you need to know that this doctrine is one of the hardest things in the Catholic faith for anyone to understand. Heck, some of Jesus' own followers didn't believe him when he said for them to eat his body. "At this point, many of his disciples turned away and deserted him" (John 6:66). What did the 12 Apostles (the Catholic Church's first Bishops) think about the disciples' actions? Well, when Jesus asked them if they were going to leave, Simon, our first Pope, said "Lord, to whom would we go? You alone have the words that give eternal life" (John 6:68). So, obviously the Bishops of the early Church believed a doctrine that turned many of Jesus' disciples away.
Personally, I had the hardest time understanding the Real Presence of Jesus in the Eucharist. It took me almost 9 months after I decided to get serious about church to accept this doctrine as truth. I'm going to recommend that you get a book called Beginning Apologetics Volume 1. I read the section ...

Posted by: Leonard Herriman

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