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Tiarella
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 Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2004 2:10 am Post subject: Re: Symbolism of the Eucharist
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Backtracking a bit here
Niall
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But if Jesus didn't really care about re-enactment, why did he bother with the passover in the first place? Why did he replicate the meal once shared by the Jews?
This sentence leaped out at me - I see it did for Dissident, too.
What do you mean? Jesus was a Jew. Of course he celebrated Passover. He wasn't 'replicating a meal' in imitation of Jews, he was celebrating his religion. I'm not following your argument, here.
Paul, not Jesus, founded the Catholic church. One can read the Gospels and conclude that Jesus was trying to reform Judaism, not establish a new religion - but one can't read Paul's letters without realizing that he was determined to start a new religion. Certainly he based the new church on some of Jesus' teachings. He put his own imprint on it, too - need I mention the difference between Jesus' attitude towards women, and Paul's?
Moving towards a lighter tone - if Jesus had been the one running around to all the nascent churches, instead of Paul, then we'd have had women priests and popes from the earliest days, and rice wafers would be perfectly acceptable for communion.
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