How would I explain......?
1) By appealing to Scripture that tells us what Christ death accomplished.
2) By showing that you are ignoring the context of your quote.
Who are the "they " to whom Ignatius is referring?
"The
they Ignatius was talking about are
Dosetists (Greek:
dokesis). The word means, “
to seem.” Docetism claimed that Christ did not exist in human form. And, as Ignatius points out, they claim He only
seemed to suffer, to which Ignatius replied, “They only
seem to be Christians.”
They do not confess the Eucharist to be the flesh of Christ
because they didn’t believe he truly suffered. And the Eucharist itself, Ignatius describes, is: “
our Savior Jesus Christ, which suffered for our sins, and which the Father, of His goodness, raised up again.” In other words, the Eucharist is the celebration of the passion and resurrection of our Lord."
"It is utterly criminal what the catholic apologists have done to the compassionate work of Ignatius. They attempt to make it look as though the Dosetists objected to the Eucharist because they didn’t believe the bread and wine used to celebrate it to be the literal flesh and blood of Christ. That simply isn’t true; rather, Ignatius conveys that the gift of God is eternal life made possible by the sacrifice of Christ. That sacrifice is what the Eucharist is all about. It is the sacrifice and suffering of Christ the Dosetists spoke against and, therefore, abstained from celebrating the Eucharist in which thanksgiving is offered for Christ’s passion."
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