re: Catholic bishops approve drafting of Communion document that could lead to rebuke of Biden

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Reform ? Yyou think changing things like belief in the real presence, that has been believed since the last supper , is reform ? All the Apostles taught the real presence.

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We've already touched on that particular doctrine in this thread, but all I'd like to say is that the scriptures teach that the point of the bread and the cup is that they are a remembrance of Christ's sacrifice (which was still in the future at the time), which was the gospel message of eternal life by His death. His sacrifice was once-for-all, not repeated each time a priest blesses bread and wine.

In regards to the early church fathers, I found this blog post analyzing references to several of the fathers that the RCC quotes in defense of the belief of the real presence of Christ. Essentially the conclusion is that they are typically quoted out of context or other passages of their writings are ignored.