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Wait in peace . Propaganda for a new religion takes time to work its magic. The myth of the Garden of Eden and the trivial act of eating fruit is the rock on which Christianity is built ! And this ugly invention became our yoke!: "O certe necessarium Adae peccatum, quod Christi morte deletum es...

Is it reasonable to doubt the bodily resurrection of the dead? yes. It is impossible to resurrect the dead, medical science does not consider this is possible and ignores this religious belief. Only the resurrected one can provide evidence. John 20:24ff Doubting Thomas 24 Now Thomas, one of the Twel...

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Why not Jesus? MEDIATOR DEI ENCYCLICAL OF POPE PIUS XII We have already explained sufficiently and of set purpose on another occasion, that Jesus Christ "when dying on the cross, bestowed upon His Church, as a completely gratuitous gift, the immense treasure of the redemption. But when it is a ...

Why not Jesus? Vatican II puts the Catholic position succinctly: "At the Last Supper, on the night he was betrayed, our Savior instituted the Eucharistic Sacrifice of his Body and Blood. He did this in order to perpetuate the sacrifice of the cross throughout the centuries until he should come ...

Melachim I - I Kings - Chapter 16
9.And his servant Zimri, captain of half the chariots, conspired against him while he was in Tirzah drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza who was [appointed] over the household in Tirzah
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Where are these steps leading ? Your doubts are right. I hoped to come closer to an answer by examining the context. But it seems not possible. But it could be, that Mark wants to say exactly this with his use of different verbs (-forms) for "eat" - ἐσθίω and φάγω. The Catholic Bible says...

Mark speaks of a new covenant to replace the one God made with Moses. ( The Sinai Covenant in Ex 24. 1-8 ) Blood is the seal of this new covenant. That is why "Mark explicitly writes that the twelve drink from the cup.". It is the blood that has covenantal force . Currently, Jewish law req...

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