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How is Jesus in Heaven and in the Eucharist? with Dr. Timothy O'Malley

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The Bread of Life Discourse

In John 6, Jesus says unless you eat and drink of my body and blood, you have no life within you. Early Christians already understood right in this encounter with Christ that the Eucharist is not a symbol. It's not a commemorative thing. It is Christ presence given to us. The church had to figure out what that meant. That's where the doctrine of transubstantiation comes from. And it's why a lot of people walked away from Jesus, uh, right in the moment.

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