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Catholics teach that the body of Christ which they eat only has the "appearance" of bread. As such, the bread is not bread, it is only an illusion of bread, the "appearance" of bread but it is not actually bread. As such, the only thing which is visible is what appears to be bread (Atristotelian"accidents"). But it is really something else - the body of Christ in terms of substance - and you are to believe this even though your eyes and your mouth and your allergic reactions tell you otherwise.
Such were the ways of the Docetic antichrists which John the Apostle wrote about in his first letter and which he is refuting in his Gospel.
Irenaeus tells us that the Cerinthian Gnostics, the same which John writes about, believed that Jesus was one but "the Christ" was another. For them, Jesus the visible man was not the Christ. The Christ was someone else, an invisible divine spiritual being who descended from heaven upon the man Jesus at the baptism at the Jordan. So it only appeared (Gnostic docetism) that Jesus was the Christ because the invisible spiritual being, Christ, had descended upon the visible man of flesh, Jesus. But it was all an illusion. Hence they were called Docetae. So they believed Jesus was not the Christ and it only "appeared" that he was the Christ but Christ was actually someone else.
Such are the ways of antichrist illusionists and their smoke and mirrors magic shows.
That man of flesh named Jesus was indeed the Christ of God. There were no antichrist docetic illusions.
And those who belong to him are indeed the TRUE BODY of Christ, HIS body, the tabernacle where the Spirit of God dwells. There are no antichrist docetic illusions.
For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though they are many, are one body, so also the Christ. For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body.... 1 Corinthians 12:12-13
Jesus: "This is my body."
YOU ARE the body of Christ. 1 Corinthians 12:27
Why? How?
Answer:
Since there is one bread, WE who are many are one body for WE all partake of the one bread.
1 Corinthians 10:17
True believers all together ARE the one body of Christ because we eat of the one bread. That bread becomes us and we become it because we eat it. It becomes our body and our body becomes that bread.
True believers ARE the true body of Christ and they are HIS body because they have HIS Spirit and they are only ONE body because they share the ONE bread.
We who have the Spirit of Christ are the true body of Christ, one body because we eat of the one and same bread which unites us all together as one, living stones fitted together into one Temple of God.
No illusions. No antichrist smoke and mirrors magic show.
Such were the ways of the Docetic antichrists which John the Apostle wrote about in his first letter and which he is refuting in his Gospel.
Irenaeus tells us that the Cerinthian Gnostics, the same which John writes about, believed that Jesus was one but "the Christ" was another. For them, Jesus the visible man was not the Christ. The Christ was someone else, an invisible divine spiritual being who descended from heaven upon the man Jesus at the baptism at the Jordan. So it only appeared (Gnostic docetism) that Jesus was the Christ because the invisible spiritual being, Christ, had descended upon the visible man of flesh, Jesus. But it was all an illusion. Hence they were called Docetae. So they believed Jesus was not the Christ and it only "appeared" that he was the Christ but Christ was actually someone else.
Such are the ways of antichrist illusionists and their smoke and mirrors magic shows.
That man of flesh named Jesus was indeed the Christ of God. There were no antichrist docetic illusions.
And those who belong to him are indeed the TRUE BODY of Christ, HIS body, the tabernacle where the Spirit of God dwells. There are no antichrist docetic illusions.
For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though they are many, are one body, so also the Christ. For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body.... 1 Corinthians 12:12-13
Jesus: "This is my body."
YOU ARE the body of Christ. 1 Corinthians 12:27
Why? How?
Answer:
Since there is one bread, WE who are many are one body for WE all partake of the one bread.
1 Corinthians 10:17
True believers all together ARE the one body of Christ because we eat of the one bread. That bread becomes us and we become it because we eat it. It becomes our body and our body becomes that bread.
True believers ARE the true body of Christ and they are HIS body because they have HIS Spirit and they are only ONE body because they share the ONE bread.
We who have the Spirit of Christ are the true body of Christ, one body because we eat of the one and same bread which unites us all together as one, living stones fitted together into one Temple of God.
No illusions. No antichrist smoke and mirrors magic show.
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