Eucharist
Table RCC5
| Roman Catholic Church | Scripture |
|---|---|
| The Last Supper was a real sacrifice in which Christ's blood was poured out for our sins in the cup [610, 611, 621, 1339]. | The Last Supper was a Passover meal. Christ's blood was poured out for our sins at the cross (1 Peter 2:24). |
| The bread and wine become the real body and blood of Christ [1373, 1374, 1375, 1376, 1377]. | The bread and wine are symbols of the body and blood of Christ (1 Corinthians 11:23-25). |
| Christ's body and blood exist wholly and entirely in every fragment of consecrated bread and wine in every Roman Catholic church around the world [1374, 1377]. | Christ is bodily present in heaven (Hebrews 10:12, 13). |
| The consecrated bread and wine are heavenly food which help one to attain to eternal life [1392, 1405, 1419]. | The bread and wine are symbols which help one to remember Christ (Luke 22:19). |
| God desires that consecrated bread and wine be worshiped as divine [1378, 1379, 1380, 1381]. | God forbids the worship of any object, even those intended to represent Him (Exodus 20:4, 5; Isaiah 42:8). |
| Christ has ordained certain men to a ministerial priesthood to perpetuate the sacrifice of the cross [1142, 1547, 1577]. | Christ has ordained every believer to a holy and royal priesthood to offer spiritual sacrifices, the praise of their lips, and lives yielded to God (1 Peter 2:5-10; Hebrews 13:15; Romans 12:1). |
| The Sacrifice of the Mass is the sacrifice of the cross [1085, 1365, 1367]. Only the manner in which it is offered is different [1367]. | The sacrifice of the cross is a historical event. It occurred once, approximately 2,000 years ago, outside Jerusalem (Mark 15:21-41). |
| The sacrifice of the cross is perpetuated in the Sacrifice of the Mass [1323, 1382]. | The sacrifice of the cross is finished (John 19:30). |
| The Mass makes Christ present in His death and victimhood [1353, 1362, 1364, 1367, 1409]. | Christ cannot be made present in His death and victimhood, for He has risen and is “alive forevermore” (Revelation 1:17, 18; Romans 6:9, 10). |
| At each Mass, the priest re-presents to the Father the sacrifice of Christ [1354, 1357]. | Christ presented the sacrifice of Himself to the Father “once at the consummation of the ages” (Hebrews 9:24-28). |
| The Mass is an unbloody sacrifice which atones for the sins of the living and the dead [1367, 1371, 1414]. | Without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sins (Leviticus 17:11; Hebrews 9:22). |
| Each Sacrifice of the Mass appeases God's wrath against sin [1371, 1414]. | The once-for-all sacrifice of the cross fully appeased God's wrath against sin (Hebrews 10:12-18). |
| The faithful receive the benefits of the cross in fullest measure through the Sacrifice of the Mass [1366, 1407]. | Believers receive the benefits of the cross in fullest measure in Christ through faith (Ephesians 1:3-14). |
| The sacrificial work of redemption is continually carried out through the Sacrifice of the Mass [1364, 1405, 1846]. | The sacrificial work of redemption was finished when Christ gave His life for us on the cross (Ephesians 1:7; Hebrews 1:3). |
| The Church is to continue the sacrifice of Christ for the salvation of the world [1323, 1382, 1405, 1407]. | The church is to proclaim the Lord's death for the salvation of the world (1 Corinthians 11:26). |
