... central for the entire Roman Catholic system because the mass is believed to be a repetition of the Incarnation and the Crucifixion. When the bread and wine are transubstantiated, God again becomes flesh and Christ again dies upon the altar. This wonder can be performed only by priests empowered through ordination. . ... , the Holy Eucharist of Lord's supper was really a symbolic act rather than an actual instance of transubstantiation in which the bread and wine actually become the body and blood of Christ. That was a magical aspect to this sacrament which Luther could not accept. Accord...

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... it is performed, the Mass, or celebration of the Eucharist, is the literal offering of the real body and blood of Christ in sacrifice under the signs of bread and wine. "Because it is the memorial of Christ's Passover, the Eucharist is also a sacrifice. The sacrificial character of the Eucharist is manifested in the very words of institution: 'This is my ... of purgatory. Answer: You answered your own question. The reason is that Catholic Christianity stresses the CONTINUING sacrifice of Jesus for our sins. Hence the teaching that the bread and wine BECOME the body and blood of Jesus by...

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... do this but not for the right reason. The Summoner proves this in different ways, "And once he had gotten really drunk on wine " "As good a fellow as you'd hope to find: for he'd allow- given a quart of wine- A scallywag to keep his concubine a twelvemonth, and excuse him all together. " (Chaucer 17). He does not follow any rules of the church. He ... ...

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