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FACT 1: The Roman Catholic Church teaches
transubstantiation, which says that the communion wafer is magically
transformed into the real body and blood of Jesus Christ.
FACT 2: Catholics really believe that, when they eat their
Eucharist, they are eating the real flesh and blood of Jesus Christ.
FACT 3: The Roman Catholic Church also teaches that it is a
mortal sin to eat meat on certain days of the year, including, in the United
States, Ash Wednesday, Good Friday and all Fridays of Lent. (See The Catholic Encyclopedia,
Revised and Updated Edition, Copyright 1987, with Nihil
Obstat and Imprimatur; page 17, under
"Abstinence.
FACT 4: The Roman Catholic Church requires all Roman Catholics
to obey what are called the "precepts of the Church." Failure to obey
these precepts is a mortal sin. The Fifth precept requires all Roman Catholics
to abstain from meat (flesh) on designated days
(see the Catechism of the Catholic Church, Copyright 1994, with Nihil Obstat and Imprimatur; page
494, Number 2043.)
FACT 5: Roman Catholics can eat their Eucharist on almost
every day of the year, including all the Fridays of Lent.
QUESTION: Do you believe that the Eucharist really is the
actual flesh and blood of Jesus Christ? |
Yes |
No |
QUESTION: Do you believe it is a mortal sin to eat meat on
the days designated by Rome for fast and abstinence? |
Yes |
No |
QUESTION: Do you realize that, when you eat the Eucharist,
you are eating human flesh, which is actually meat? |
Yes |
No |
QUESTION: Do you realize that, when you eat the Eucharist
on Ash Wednesday or a Friday during Lent, that you are thereby committing a
mortal sin because you are eating meat? |
Yes |
No |
QUESTION: Do you see how Rome puts you in a 'catch-22' by
insisting that the Eucharist really is flesh, or meat, by making the eating
of flesh, or meat on certain days a mortal sin, and then offering you the
Eucharist on those very days? |
Yes |
No |
QUESTION: How shall you resolve this dilemma? |
Your Answer? |