Tuesday, October 04, 2005

"We Are Church" Exhorts Synod to Accept Heresy?

This group of "Catholics", who seemingly have already abandoned the Church, proposes, among other things, that the "sacrificial" nature of the Holy Eucharist be abandoned...Also, in an effort to demonstrate their disgust with the term "transubstantiation", they state:
insisting upon “transubstantiation" dogma to explain Christ's presence in the Eucharist, as Instrumentum laboris does, triggers and strengthens a magical, materialistic, and legalistic mentality, in which Jesus is seen descending on the altar at the time the priest pronounces the words "This is my body, this is my blood...". That happens at the expense of the invocation of the Holy Spirit, of other holy moments of Eucharist and, obviously, of "convivial" or communal facets.

Furthermore, we are more than puzzled by every form of devotion, which is usual in the Eucharistic cult (for example, Eucharistic adoration, processions, etc.) in which the sacralization of Eucharist has a plain role, making an idol of the Eucharist. Many theologians and ministers share this discomfort, but Instrumentum laboris ignores this sensibility.
There is much more here if one has the stomach to read it...One can only wonder why they have not been formally excommunicated.

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