Of Wormholes and Memorials

About this episode

The episode discusses a question about the Eucharist and the belief in Christ's re-sacrifice during the Divine Liturgy.

In a post-Liturgy Q & A held by a wonderful and learned priest, Fr. Justin Hewlett, someone present (a Baptist, if memory serves) asked a question about the Eucharist. He had been reading some anti-Catholic literature which had denounced the supposedly Catholic teaching that Christ was re-sacrificed at every Mass and he wondered, since the Orthodox use the same kind of sacrificial language about the Eucharist that the Catholics do, if we also believe that Christ is re-sacrificed at every Divine Liturgy. He pointed out that Bible texts like Hebrews 9:25-28 make the notion of Christ being re-sacrificed every week untenable.

People in this episode

Host: Fr. Lawrence R. Farley

Guest: Fr. Justin Hewlett

Topics covered

• Eucharist
• Orthodox Christianity
• Catholicism
• Liturgy
• Theology
• Q&A

Keywords

• Eucharist
• Fr. Justin Hewlett
• Catholic teaching
• Orthodox
• Divine Liturgy
• sacrificial language
• Hebrews 9

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Eucharist, Hebrews 9:25-28

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