Pope said other churches are "defective", is he right?

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Originally Posted by GuidoHunter

Jesus' offering of his body and blood was only a representation of his spirit? Man, those apostles must have been pretty dumb if they couldn't understand that. Even if the Jews were shocked at the idea of cannibalism, they were taking him literally, as did the apostles, and I won't consider that they were worried about the cannibalism aspect.

"This saying is hard; who can accept it?" (John 6:60)

Believing a figurative interpretation of Jesus' salvation isn't too difficult to comprehend. Taking him literally, however, as the Jews and the apostles did, and hearing that you must eat the flesh and drink the blood of your savior, is. Jesus then went back to the apostles and explained his words because they were having difficulty comprehending them.

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I would say that what someone considers to be easy or hard to grasp is relative.

And clearly by the Jews saying "How can this man give us [his] flesh to eat?" (6:52) they were under the impression that he meant it literally. If it was the first thing that came out of they're mouth, it couldn't of been that hard of an idea to grasp.

Understanding the figurative meaning of gaining salvation through Christ by partaking of his body, is a much more in depth concept if you ask me.

And I'll do some research as to the Greek word used in that instance.