The Catholic Church has always believed Jesus Christ is equally present under each species. He is totally present in the form of bread and totally present in the form of wine, so that if one partakes of one element without the other, his communion is complete, because he has truly received Jesus Christ, his True Presence, whole and entire. It is impossible for his presence to be divided or halved.
Since I started the thread three years ago, you may want have forgotten I did present my own thoughts. 
However, I would be glad to clarify if you have additional questions.
Now that we have a little hindsight about the pandemic, should churches (all, not just Catholic) have suspended worship?
My position is, no. Sunday Mass should have continued (without it being obligated) for those who wished to attend. Also, without masks being required.
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rp5x5
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In the “last days” people dispute each other and ignorance abounds.
Matt 24-25 is a paraphrase of the various sutras of Buddhism discussing the three time periods of former, middle and latter day.
Who would be surprised to read these scriptures and say, "Jesus must have known these sutras while he was physically extant in part of the middle time period and into the latter age?
Who would come to realize that “I am that I am”. as Moses heard and the term “Tathagata”==Thus Gone and “Thus come” was known to Jesus? as these teachings spread along the Silk Road.
As with Christian history, and Hindu history—FAITH is the way to make it through the “tribulations.” of the time period known as the Last Days, or age.
How do some people have amazing visionary experiences to understand with their own life what various words and scriptures actually mean? Words themselves always fail to exactly define and explain, what Holiness is, yet the Word, itself is the very substance.
There really is no room for false pride in the samsaric ocean of birth and death.
Seek to attend and observe the “Ceremony in the Air” where one can see directly and become more courageous to joyfully face the profound nature. of the holiness residing within each being.
Bending the knees in complete apology and single-minded faith is itself the Revelation. Ready to give one’s own life to break and subdue that which is the impediment for all beings. It is dying for all sins that pays the ransom for everyone in this desire bound samsaric illusion. Knowlege without true wisdom is vain, yet mustering even a speck of faith, saves one from the hell of incessant suffering.
Even people of beginning learning, with faith can say “I heard Thusly” The holiness is within and that cam block the three poisons of Greed, Anger and Stupidity–The common mortal has within them tge highest principle. Bickering is a roadblock to awakening and experiencing the Holiness of all beings.
Actually, Jesus’ natural brothers did not bellieve He was the Messiah -
John 7:2Now the Jews’ feast of tabernacles was at hand.
3His brethren therefore said unto him, Depart hence, and go into Judaea, that thy disciples also may see the works that thou doest.
4For there is no man that doeth any thing in secret, and he himself seeketh to be known openly. If thou do these things, shew thyself to the world.
5For neither did his brethren believe in him.
But Mary and John did. Jesus said, those who do the will of my Father are my mother and brothers and sisters.
Matt.12:49And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren!
50For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.
So, Jesus’ unbelieving brothers were outside of the family Jesus defined as His family, whereas Mary and John were in Jesus’ family.
So, no, I don’t find it odd at all.
A tradition that began in the late 2nd century is not an apostolic tradition. Please.
“The tradition of the perpetual virginity of Mary first appears in a late 2nd-century text called the Gospel of James.[12] The Second Council of Constantinople in 553 gave her the title “Aeiparthenos”, meaning Perpetual Virgin”.
I agree. The priest should tell the sinner that Jesus paid for and forgave all person’s sins when he suffered on his way to the cross, on the cross and in hell before his resurrection to give us each access by grace through faith in Christ to an ever deepening and ever more liberating communion with God. That we can know God as our Father and He has given Jesus’ believers the Holy Spirit to guide us into understanding God’s Word and into becoming more like Jesus each day. He should not be giving the false impression that a priest’s pronouncement has the power to forgive sins.
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That is not the good news. The good news is that you have access to a daily intimate personal family relationship with the Father and Jesus Christ through the Holy Spirit Jesus gives to those who believe He died for their sins and rose from the dead. It is far more than “Your sins are forgiven.”
SixFoot
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The good news is, we are ALL sons and daughters of God Himself, and our sins are already forgiven.
You should not assume everyone is like yourself, SixFoot.
SixFoot
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Jesus said I’m a god in John 10:34, and pointed to Psalm 82:6, which says I am God’s son.
You should not assume that you have the correct fundamentalist’s interpretation of Scripture. That’s what Pharisees do.
Read the thread title and the OP. I’m on topic. You started the topic. You don’t like the contributions being posted and want to bait and switch. Those of us who disagree with various RCC doctrines are implicitly and explicitly including the content of our faith in our posts… if you are willing to listen.
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And nowhere among all those rationalisations for bowing down to man-made images was there a aingle scripture that ordained a particular man-made item to be bowed down to. Only bowing down toward the shekinah glory of God within the Holy of Holies within the mobile tabernacle or within the established temple in Jerusalem was authorised.
I am simply expressing the understanding I believe God has given me of particular scriptures. Anyone can offer their own preferred interpretation and critique my interpretations. We hang our beliefs up to readers for comparison and readers can each decide which interpretation makes more sense. I am not trying to persuade dyed in the wool RCs. That would almost certainly be a fool’s errand. I am writing for readers who are deliberating and are curious as to what scripture actually says. If you believe you have a better, more contextually coherent interpretation, hopefully you can explain it and submit it to comparison.
But dismissing the messenger without dealing directly with his message is a logical fallacy and is not a winning argument.
SixFoot
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Are you sure? Because to everyone else it seems like you’re running around telling everyone how you’re right and they’re wrong. 
“To everyone else”? C’mon, man. You speak for everyone else?
If you don’t want people to disagree with you, don’t post an opinion. Everyone is posting their opinions here. But apparently a number of RCs here are too insecure to handle having their opinions critiqued and want their opinions to go uncontested.
That’s not how discussion forums work.
SixFoot
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Extremely argumentative*
The point of Scripture is to bring people closer to our Father in heaven, not to use it as some petty sinner’s weapon to try and elevate oneself above others.
When you can do the former, and resist the latter, you’ll be doing something other than acting like some Pharisee know-it-all.
Until then, you’ve yet to discuss anything. All you’ve done is run around telling everyone how much better you are at reading Scripture. 
You need to point out where and when the Catholic Church does this, not simply to state it as fact, misquote a Pope, and then claim your understanding of scripture is superior to others when you didn’t get a simple sentence correct.
I am not Catholic, and I don’t play one on TV. The Catholics here are more than capable of discussing the whys of why the do what they do and there have been plenty of threads from many moons ago kicking about where I disagree with Catholic doctrine.
The reason I say you are off topic is because you are accusing Catholics of idol worship. There is no Catholic doctrine or dogma that commands the worship of idols. You are not disagreeing with Catholic doctrine/dogma, but making a false, distasteful claim that a Christian sect worships idols. Shameful.
Here are a few things (some already mentioned) that are Catholic doctrine/dogma without being an untrue and revolting assertion: Examples:
- Artificial methods of birth control
- Baptizing Infants
- Abortion
- True Presence
- Ash Wednesday and Lent
- Those who have passed on remain living members of the Body of Christ
- Sins rightly evaluated according to their gravity
- Sunday should not replace Saturday as proper observance of the Sabbath
Do you mean petty sinner’s-weapon, or petty-sinner’s weapon here?
