• Mardoniush [she/her]
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    2 years ago

    Close. The issue here is that Jesus is fully Human and Fully divine, in a hypostatic union (or a union of the two into one nature in practice, if you're Miaphysite which IIRC isn't considered heretical anymore)

    So something being outwardly "matter" or not has no impact on its divine nature. See also Communion in Catholic/Orthodox (and some interpretations of Anglican doctrine) where the host is fully transformed into the divine but maintains its outward character.

    • Farman [any]
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      2 years ago

      Sorry for the late repply. Bussy holiday season. But dosent comunion involve transubstantiation. Wich esentialy changes the substance from regular mater to god stuff? The same can be saud for christ havig a human form and be substantially god.

      But now that i think about it this would mean a shape is being predicated on god. Wich shouldnt be posible.

      • Mardoniush [she/her]
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        2 years ago

        It does, but in order to dodge the "but it look like a biscuit, checkmate papists!" Argument there was some clarification on how that happens exactly.

        Or to use the catechism

        What is the meaning of transubstantiation? Transubstantiation means the change of the whole substance of bread into the substance of the Body of Christ and of the whole substance of wine into the substance of his Blood. This change is brought about in the eucharistic prayer through the efficacy of the word of Christ and by the action of the Holy Spirit. However, the outward characteristics of bread and wine, that is the “eucharistic species”, remain unaltered.

        Is this copium? A bit, but there's also a few different schools of thought on this even within doctrine so they keep the mechanism a bit vague.