[I Cor. 10:28, 29]
DOCTRINES COMPARED. The Reformed, Lutheran, and Roman Catholic doctrines
of the Lord's Supper may be compared and illustrated thus:--
Reformed. Lutheran. Roman Catholic.
Bread. Bread-Body. Body.
Wine. Wine-Blood. Blood.
According to the Reformed view, only bread and wine are present;
according to the Roman Catholic[14] view, only the body and blood of
Christ are present; according to the Lutheran and Scriptural doctrine,
both the bread and wine and the body and blood of Christ are present in
the Holy Supper, and are received by every communicant.
[Footnote 14: Because of its false doctrine concerning the Lord's Supper,
the Roman Catholic Church has fallen into these additional errors: 1.
The Sacrifice of the Mass, in which the priest, by blessing the bread
and wine, is supposed to turn them into the body and blood of Christ,
and thus to offer an unbloody sacrifice of Christ which is as effective
as Christ's death on the cross. 2. The Withholding of the cup from the
laity, lest a single drop of Christ's blood should be spilled.
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