re: Pope (emeritus) Benedict has died

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I also find it interesting that the most ancient Christian denominations (Catholicism and Orthodox) acknowledge the Real Presence in the Eucharist, yet it wasn't until the 16th century that people finally figured out that such a belief was unbiblical.

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1. You assume that the Real Presence has been an explicitly held and taught doctrine from the beginning, and

2. You seem surprised that a church that burned people at the stake for questioning their doctrine wouldn't have anyone pointing out where they may have had it wrong prior to the Reformation, where the RCC burned people at the stake for pointing out where they were wrong. I don't find that to be surprising at all.