I have been doing some reading and came across a lutheran teaching on the eucharist and i was wondering if the Catholic understanding is exactly the same... its obviously close but is it the same?
"Lutheran Christains recognize that in the Lord’s Supper Jesus Christ is present as the Crucified who died for our sins and who rose again for our justification as the once-for-all sacrifice for the sins of the world. This sacrifice can be neither continued, nor repeated, nor replaced, nor complemented; but rather it can and should become ever effective anew in the midst of the congregation."
I think its very close but i dont know what they mean by it being anew.
We would say correct me if i am wrong that the once and for all sacrafice of christ is not continued but is the continual i.e eternal once and for all sacrafice re presented at all the masses said from one moment to the next.
So what does anew mean?
Google says it means
"in a new or different and typically more positive way"
Do you think this "anew" could be considered catholic too?
To me It sounds a kind of abstract term and openended without a concrete definition.
"Lutheran Christains recognize that in the Lord’s Supper Jesus Christ is present as the Crucified who died for our sins and who rose again for our justification as the once-for-all sacrifice for the sins of the world. This sacrifice can be neither continued, nor repeated, nor replaced, nor complemented; but rather it can and should become ever effective anew in the midst of the congregation."
I think its very close but i dont know what they mean by it being anew.
We would say correct me if i am wrong that the once and for all sacrafice of christ is not continued but is the continual i.e eternal once and for all sacrafice re presented at all the masses said from one moment to the next.
So what does anew mean?
Google says it means
"in a new or different and typically more positive way"
Do you think this "anew" could be considered catholic too?
To me It sounds a kind of abstract term and openended without a concrete definition.