Does John 6 teach the literal eating of Christ's body?
…, then, Christ must have been teaching the literal reception of His body and blood in the Eucharist. The evangelical closes the video troubled. Has he been explaining away the plain words of Jesus? Has he mistaken an indispensable means of receiving eternal life for a metaphor? T…
Read article →An unrequited love for the historic Church
…mmetry in some appeals to antiquity. When early testimony supports episcopal structure or Eucharistic realism, proximity to the apostles is treated as powerful evidence of apostolic continuity. When the same period supports a literal earthly reign of Christ, later doctrinal devel…
Read article →Constantine, Arius, the Trinity, the biblical canon—and the myths that refuse to die
…clergy lending money at interest; the order in which deacons and presbyters received the Eucharist; standing rather than kneeling for prayer on Sundays and during Pentecost. The bishops also agreed upon a common observance of Easter and attempted a lenient settlement of the Meli…
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