Since Jesus was standing right there when he said this, I doubt very much if he was talking about them eating of his actual flesh and drinking his blood. Of course it was symbolism, and he was using the metaphor to explain what was going to happen to him on the cross.
This whole nonsense of transubstantiation is a total lie. Take it out of your mouth sometime, and see that the wafer is still a wafer. If it was the "actual" body of Christ, would it not look like flesh?
And only transubstantiated by the priest? Kind of keeps you in bondage to a priest, doesn't it? That is part of the whole problem with the RCC. It is rites and rituals, and salvation through and by men. Regardless of how much people claim they are following Christ.
This whole nonsense of transubstantiation is a total lie. Take it out of your mouth sometime, and see that the wafer is still a wafer. If it was the "actual" body of Christ, would it not look like flesh?
And only transubstantiated by the priest? Kind of keeps you in bondage to a priest, doesn't it? That is part of the whole problem with the RCC. It is rites and rituals, and salvation through and by men. Regardless of how much people claim they are following Christ.