![]() The term with out getting to technical refers to the fact that the bread and wine ceases to be and becomes only the body and blood of our lord. The Catholic Church however has a different term, that being “Transubstantiation” in Greek “μετουσίωσις” again more easily “metousiosis”. He said, “This is my Body” as Luther so boldly wrote on the board during his debate, he did not say, “This contains my body”. This however is not what the lord stated while initiating the New Covenant. ![]() The ideas are that all of a sudden Christ is present with the bread and the wine together. In the Lutheran Church the term “Consubstantiation” is used to describe what happens to the bread and wine when the mass is celebrated. The term is a Hapax Legomanon, a Greek phrase meaning a word only used once. It is as if when translating Christ words from Aramaic to Greek, the inspired Authors had to make up a word to explain what was being said. The word translated to “Daily Bread” Is the Greek word “επιούσιος “ or more easily read “Epiousios” The word epiousios is only found in the two versions of the Lord’s Prayer in Mathew and Luke, not appearing anywhere else in known classical ‘Greek Literature. To fully understand this we have to go to the Greek text and look at the actual translation by the inspired authors. “Give us each day our bread” It would have been enough, but he did not just say that, in fact, he said something almost unexplainable. The translation of the Lords supper is a curious one, first off Christ says, “Give us each day, our Daily bread” this is strange in itself as he could of said if what he meant was our substance to survive. It is reported that Martin Luther walked into the debate, went up to the board and took a piece of chalk and wrote “This Is my Body” then left the debate without looking back. Martin Luther once participated in a debate with Ulrich Zwingli’s over whether the Lords Supper was actually the body of Christ or simply a remembrance of it. In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the WordĪnd since the Passover bread is symbolic of Jesus Christ as well, on what basis am I to believe that the bread in the Lord's Prayer is food (etc.), and not Jesus Himself? Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone,īut on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’” ![]() Will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be 33 For the bread of God is the bread thatĬomes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”ģ4 “Sir,” they said, “always give us this bread.”ģ5 Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. Given you the bread from heaven, but it is my Father who gives you the ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’”ģ2 Jesus said to them, “Very truly I tell you, it is not Moses who has ![]() Goods, a pious spouse, pious children, pious servants, pious andįaithful magistrates, good government, good weather, peace, health,ĭiscipline, honor, good friends, faithful neighbors, and the like.ģ1 Our ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness as it is written: Meat, drink, clothing, shoes, house, homestead, field, cattle, money, In Luther's Small Catechism, it states:Įverything that belongs to the support and wants of the body, such as I am taught that in the Lord's Prayer (Matthew 6:9-13) all petitions concern matters of our souls upon which we should meditate, except the fourth, "Give us today our daily bread" which petitions for an earthly concern, namely, and literally, bread. ![]()
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