The Eucharist is a ritual taken from the myths of the ancients!!!!
As the Christians themselves admit: The Eucharist is a ritual taken from the myths of the ancients!!!!
Definition of the Eucharist ritual (Holy Communion):
Source: The Orthodox Takla website.
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When man lost his life, Christ became incarnate and gave us his body to eat and live forever.
Strange!!??
Doesn't the above remind us of one of the legends of the ancients???
For example, the legend of the swan that offered its blood to save the lives of its young!
This legend is embodied - unfortunately - in sculptures and pictures on the walls of churches!
For more pictures:
http://vitrail.ndoduc.com/vitraux/htm7101/pelican.php
http://arras.catholique.fr/page-15872.html
On the website catholiceducation.org, a Christian asks:
Question:
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I was visiting a church, and I noticed a carving on the altar of a pelican feeding little pelicans. I have never seen this before. What does it mean
When I visited the church, I noticed a sculpture on the altar of a swan feeding its young. What does that mean???
The answer:
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The symbolism of the mother pelican feeding her little baby pelicans is rooted in an ancient legend which preceded Christianity .
The symbol of the mother swan feeding her young has roots in an ancient myth that predates Christianity .
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The legend was that at the time of famine, the mother pelican wounded herself, striking her breast with the beak to feed her young with her blood to prevent
starvation
starvation
Legend has it: During a time of famine, a mother swan slit her chest with her beak in order to feed her young with her blood.
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Another version of the legend was that the mother fed her dying young with her blood to revive them from death, but in turn lost her own life.
Another legend says that the mother swan fed her dead young ones her blood to bring them back to life, but she also died.
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Given this tradition, one can easily see why the early Christians adapted it to symbolize our Lord, Jesus Christ. The pelican symbolizes Jesus our Redeemer who gave His life for our redemption and the atonement He made through His passion and death. We were dead to sin and have found new life through the Blood of Christ. Moreover, Jesus continues to feed us with His body and blood in the holy Eucharist .
According to tradition, the early Christians took the myth and made it a symbol of our Lord Jesus Christ.
The pelican symbolizes Jesus Christ, our Savior, who gave his life for our salvation .
Through sin we were dead, but through the blood of Christ we were given life again. Jesus Christ still feeds us with his body and blood during the Eucharist
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http://www.catholiceducation.org/art...on/re0682.html
A witness from her family testified:
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