"It makes no sense to believe that Christ is really present in the Eucharist"- Evaluate this statement.
“It makes no sense to believe that Christ is really present in the Eucharist”- Evaluate this statement.
The dictionary definition of the word Eucharist is “a sacrament in which the worshipper is united to Christ by partaking of consecrated bread and wine.” (The Penguin English Dictionary 3rd Edition) The Eucharist is also often referred to as the Liturgy, Last Supper and Mass. To evaluate this statement we must look at factors both for and against it before drawing a conclusion.
Some people might believe that Christ cannot be present within the Eucharist as he cannot be seen and he died over two thousand years ago. When the Eucharist is celebrated it is just a memorial of Christ’s death in the same way as a funeral. This is a similar idea to that of Christmas where people know the story of the birth of Christ but they do not believe that he is present today preferring to believe in the commercial values of Christmas such as Father Christmas. Others might be like Thomas (one of the twelve disciples) and only believe what they hear when they see it before their very eyes; therefore not believing in Christ as they have not seen him in the flesh. They may believe that the whole of the Eucharist is just representation of Christ’s Last Supper and the bread and wine just symbolise his body and blood. They might also question the writings of the Bible as it was written such a long time ago and by so many different writings that can we really trust it. They might also think that even if Christ can be present then it is impossible for him to be present in so many places at exactly the same time.
