Does the Bible Teach That Communion Brings Healing?

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Johann asked these same questions brother, so can I post the links of the prev discussion so you can view it in your leisure time

Does the Bible Teach That Communion Brings Healing?

1.On the “I Am” Statements Not all “I am” proclamations function identically in ontological reference; the interpretations demand a rigorous application of the analogia Scripturae et fidei For “I am the resurrection and the life”, the statement is ontological and eschatological, rooted in Christ’s hypostatic union as the divine Logos who conquers death, evidenced by the miracle of Lazarus and prefiguring the general resurrection. It deamnds faith but effects real transformation. Conversely, “I…

Does the Bible Teach That Communion Brings Healing?

Then, shall we discuss 4 and 5 (Im talking about the 5 questions which are meant to show the flaws with memorialist framework) On John 6:63, “The Flesh Profits Nothing”, and Docetic Implications In John 6:63, “The flesh profits nothing; it is the Spirit who gives life. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and life”. Remember Flesh=sarx term. Christ unequivocally refers to (b) human, fallen, carnal understanding devoid of divine illumination (c.f John 3:6, 8:15, Rom 7:5-6, 8:5-13), not (a)…

Does the Bible Teach That Communion Brings Healing?

Yes ofc brother… Paul’s admonition employs forensic and cultic language: “Whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord” (v. 27). Now guilty=enochos body=sōmatos blood=haimatos The verb enochos connotes legal culpability for a capital offense (refer to Exod 22:2-3 in LXX), implying a direct profanation of a holy entity, not abstract moral failing. The imperative to “examine oneself” and “discern the body” draw…

Does the Bible Teach That Communion Brings Healing?

Brother @ILOVECHRIST fine, no problem, but try to interact with us. You correctly note that for Catholics, the Eucharist is the summit of prayer, an obligatory participation on Sundays and Holy Days, divided into the Liturgy of the Word and the Liturgy of the Eucharist. However, you frame this as burdensome legalism, ignoring its roots in apostolic practice and divine mandae. The obligation stems from the Third commandment (Exod 20:8–11; Deut 5:12–15), fulfilled in the New Covenant as the Lord…

Does the Bible Teach That Communion Brings Healing?

Sorry brother @ILOVECHRIST, since I was busy I wasnt able to answer. But here I come, I appreciate your patience The New Testament’e eucharistic texts employ Greek vocabulary and syntax that resists purely metaphorical interpretations, aligning with literal, transformative connotations. Here I give some: The copula estin in Touto estin to sōma mou (“This is my Body”): In Koine Greek, the verb esin (from eimi “to be”) functions as a copula linking subject and predicate. While it can introduc…

Does the Bible Teach That Communion Brings Healing?

Patristic Witnesses The Church Fathers unanimously affirm the Real Presence, viewing the Eucharist as Christ’s true Body and Blood. A prime Orthodox example is St. Cyril of Jerusalem here is one: "1. Having learned these things, and been fully assured that the seeming bread is not bread, though sensible to taste, but the Body of Christ; and that the seeming wine is not wine, though the taste will have it so, but the Blood of Christ; and that of this David sung of old, saying, ‘And bread stren…

Does the Bible Teach That Communion Brings Healing?

Now @ILOVECHRIST brother, you might have read this post… 1.The Term Anamnesis and Its Sacrificial Connotation The claim that anamnesis (eis tēn anamnēsin mou, “in remembrance of me.”) denotes only a mental recollection oversimplifies the semantic range. @ILOVECHRIST brother, see, in Hellenistic Greek and the LXX, anamnesis often caries a cultic, sacrificial sense, not merely a cognitive recall. A strong evidence is: Leviticus 24:7 (LXX) Anamnesis describes the memorial offering of frankincen…

Does the Bible Teach That Communion Brings Healing?

Good questions @ILOVECHRIST, even @Johann asked similar questions, but im pleased to see you taking the arguments seriously, cross-referencing it by yourself, and learning from it…amazing… 1.Trōgein in John 6, Ruling Out Pure Metaphor The verb trōgein (to gnaw, chew, munch) in John 6:54. 56-58 indeed carries a multifaceted semantic range in Koine Greek, but its deployment here resists a purely metaphorical or non-physical interpretation without overstating its literal force. To contextualise: …

Does the Bible Teach That Communion Brings Healing?

Counter-voices? Minority symbolic emphases exist but integrate with realism. Origen (Contra Celsum 8.33, ca. 248) uses “symbol” (symbolon) but means typological sign effecting reality (cf. his homilies on Leviticus). Tertullian (Adversus Marcionem 4.40, ca. 207) calls elements “figures” yet affirms consumption of Christ’s Body. Eusebius (Demonstratio Evangelica 8.1, ca. 320) symbolises but in the context of anti-idolatry polemic. Protestant historians like Philip Schaff (History of the Christia…