TRANSUBSTANTIATION
How Catholicism Introduced Magic, And Cannibalism Into Christianity.
Please share this lesson with your family, friends co-worker and all who you can, for the expansion of the Kingdom of GOD.
Have you ever wondered where the magical words “hocus pocus” came from?
Few realize that this phrase, commonly associated with stage magicians, actually traces back to the Roman Catholic Mass. During the ritual of the Eucharist, the priest utters the Latin phrase “hoc est corpus meum” — meaning “this is My body.”
Children who attended these services, hearing the priest’s incantation, would imitate it in play, shortening the unfamiliar Latin words into a phrase, “hocus pocus.” This revealed the magical perception surrounding the Mass: that the priest, through a few spoken words, could turn bread into the literal body of Christ and wine into His literal blood. In a child's mind, this way majic and they wanted to do some of their own magic.
Through the teaching of transubstantiation, the Mass introduced elements that mirrors pagan sorcery: the waving of the hand, the ringing of bells or gongs, and the wearing of tall, pointed hats, all ceremonial features associated with the image of a wizard and sorcery. The Catholic bishop’s mitre (pointed hat), staff (crosier), and gong, unmistakably reflects the tools of a conjurer rather than the simplicity of Christ.
Instead of the sacred memorial Christ instituted with the Lord's Supper, the Mass is a mystical act of paganism, which is the heart of the doctrine of transubstantiation.
Transubstantiation, the so-called transferring of substance from one thing to another, was defined officially at the Fourth Lateran Council (1215). Transubstantiation teaches that the bread and wine cease to be bread and wine and become the actual body and blood of Christ, even though their appearance remains unchanged.
This teaching elevated the priest to a supposed power of summoning Christ from heaven at will, a magical power foreign in Scripture.
The bread used in the Mass is called the host (Latin hostia, meaning “victim”). According to Catholic teaching, this host is not merely symbolic; it is literally Christ Himself. Consequently, the wafer is adored and worshiped during the ceremony of Eucharistic adoration.
This act introduces idolatry: worshiping a created object rather than the Creator (Romans 1:25). Instead of directing minds to Christ’s once-for-all sacrifice (Hebrews 9:24-28), attention is diverted to a wafer held aloft by human hands.
Scripture consistently presents the Lord’s Supper as symbolic:
Jesus’ words “This is My body” (Luke 22:19) were spoken while He stood bodily before the disciples. So He was not saying that the bread was Himself literally.
He clarified in John 6:63: “The flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit (or spiritual), and they are life.” Spiritual applications are not to be taken literally.
Paul describes the bread and cup as proclaiming the Lord’s death “till He come” (1 Corinthians 11:26), not re-sacrificing Him till He comes. To proclaim means to announce, not take life.
The Mass contradicts the once-for-all nature of Christ’s death: “For by one offering He hath perfected forever them that are sanctified” (Hebrews 10:14).
Pagan mystery religions — Mithraism, Dionysian cults — practiced ritual meals symbolizing communion with their gods. Catholicism absorbed these ideas, replacing simple remembrance with mystical consumption and transforming worship into a pagan ceremony.
The book of Revelation portrays end-time Babylon (the papacy) as intoxicating the nations with her false doctrines (Revelation 17:2). Transubstantiation with its magic, idolatry, and cannibalistic overtones is one of this Babylon’s chief wines.
“The doctrine of the real presence of the body and blood of Christ in the host is one of Satan’s most successful devices to turn the minds of the people from the sacrifice of Christ upon the cross.” (The Great Controversy, p. 59)
When folks turn their focus to this wafer and worship it, they have simultaneously turned their backs on God.
Conclusion:
True communion with Christ is not through mystical incantations but through faith in His finished work on Calvary. He invites us to feed spiritually on His word (John 6:35, 63). The call of God is clear: “Come out of her (Catholicism), My people” (Revelation 18:4) and return to the simplicity of the gospel.
To learn more about our lord Jesus christ, and God's Word, please visit your local Seventh-day Adventist Church.
Or please visit us at Rossville Seventh-day Adventist Church, located at 1737 Mission Ridge Road, Rossville Georgia 30741
Pastor Greg Hudson
Services start at 11am on Saturday (Sabbath) morning.
How Catholicism Introduced Magic, And Cannibalism Into Christianity.
Please share this lesson with your family, friends co-worker and all who you can, for the expansion of the Kingdom of GOD.
Have you ever wondered where the magical words “hocus pocus” came from?
Few realize that this phrase, commonly associated with stage magicians, actually traces back to the Roman Catholic Mass. During the ritual of the Eucharist, the priest utters the Latin phrase “hoc est corpus meum” — meaning “this is My body.”
Children who attended these services, hearing the priest’s incantation, would imitate it in play, shortening the unfamiliar Latin words into a phrase, “hocus pocus.” This revealed the magical perception surrounding the Mass: that the priest, through a few spoken words, could turn bread into the literal body of Christ and wine into His literal blood. In a child's mind, this way majic and they wanted to do some of their own magic.
Through the teaching of transubstantiation, the Mass introduced elements that mirrors pagan sorcery: the waving of the hand, the ringing of bells or gongs, and the wearing of tall, pointed hats, all ceremonial features associated with the image of a wizard and sorcery. The Catholic bishop’s mitre (pointed hat), staff (crosier), and gong, unmistakably reflects the tools of a conjurer rather than the simplicity of Christ.
Instead of the sacred memorial Christ instituted with the Lord's Supper, the Mass is a mystical act of paganism, which is the heart of the doctrine of transubstantiation.
Transubstantiation, the so-called transferring of substance from one thing to another, was defined officially at the Fourth Lateran Council (1215). Transubstantiation teaches that the bread and wine cease to be bread and wine and become the actual body and blood of Christ, even though their appearance remains unchanged.
This teaching elevated the priest to a supposed power of summoning Christ from heaven at will, a magical power foreign in Scripture.
The bread used in the Mass is called the host (Latin hostia, meaning “victim”). According to Catholic teaching, this host is not merely symbolic; it is literally Christ Himself. Consequently, the wafer is adored and worshiped during the ceremony of Eucharistic adoration.
This act introduces idolatry: worshiping a created object rather than the Creator (Romans 1:25). Instead of directing minds to Christ’s once-for-all sacrifice (Hebrews 9:24-28), attention is diverted to a wafer held aloft by human hands.
Scripture consistently presents the Lord’s Supper as symbolic:
Jesus’ words “This is My body” (Luke 22:19) were spoken while He stood bodily before the disciples. So He was not saying that the bread was Himself literally.
He clarified in John 6:63: “The flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit (or spiritual), and they are life.” Spiritual applications are not to be taken literally.
Paul describes the bread and cup as proclaiming the Lord’s death “till He come” (1 Corinthians 11:26), not re-sacrificing Him till He comes. To proclaim means to announce, not take life.
The Mass contradicts the once-for-all nature of Christ’s death: “For by one offering He hath perfected forever them that are sanctified” (Hebrews 10:14).
Pagan mystery religions — Mithraism, Dionysian cults — practiced ritual meals symbolizing communion with their gods. Catholicism absorbed these ideas, replacing simple remembrance with mystical consumption and transforming worship into a pagan ceremony.
The book of Revelation portrays end-time Babylon (the papacy) as intoxicating the nations with her false doctrines (Revelation 17:2). Transubstantiation with its magic, idolatry, and cannibalistic overtones is one of this Babylon’s chief wines.
“The doctrine of the real presence of the body and blood of Christ in the host is one of Satan’s most successful devices to turn the minds of the people from the sacrifice of Christ upon the cross.” (The Great Controversy, p. 59)
When folks turn their focus to this wafer and worship it, they have simultaneously turned their backs on God.
Conclusion:
True communion with Christ is not through mystical incantations but through faith in His finished work on Calvary. He invites us to feed spiritually on His word (John 6:35, 63). The call of God is clear: “Come out of her (Catholicism), My people” (Revelation 18:4) and return to the simplicity of the gospel.
To learn more about our lord Jesus christ, and God's Word, please visit your local Seventh-day Adventist Church.
Or please visit us at Rossville Seventh-day Adventist Church, located at 1737 Mission Ridge Road, Rossville Georgia 30741
Pastor Greg Hudson
Services start at 11am on Saturday (Sabbath) morning.
TRANSUBSTANTIATION
How Catholicism Introduced Magic, And Cannibalism Into Christianity.
Please share this lesson with your family, friends co-worker and all who you can, for the expansion of the Kingdom of GOD.
Have you ever wondered where the magical words “hocus pocus” came from?
Few realize that this phrase, commonly associated with stage magicians, actually traces back to the Roman Catholic Mass. During the ritual of the Eucharist, the priest utters the Latin phrase “hoc est corpus meum” — meaning “this is My body.”
Children who attended these services, hearing the priest’s incantation, would imitate it in play, shortening the unfamiliar Latin words into a phrase, “hocus pocus.” This revealed the magical perception surrounding the Mass: that the priest, through a few spoken words, could turn bread into the literal body of Christ and wine into His literal blood. In a child's mind, this way majic and they wanted to do some of their own magic.
Through the teaching of transubstantiation, the Mass introduced elements that mirrors pagan sorcery: the waving of the hand, the ringing of bells or gongs, and the wearing of tall, pointed hats, all ceremonial features associated with the image of a wizard and sorcery. The Catholic bishop’s mitre (pointed hat), staff (crosier), and gong, unmistakably reflects the tools of a conjurer rather than the simplicity of Christ.
Instead of the sacred memorial Christ instituted with the Lord's Supper, the Mass is a mystical act of paganism, which is the heart of the doctrine of transubstantiation.
Transubstantiation, the so-called transferring of substance from one thing to another, was defined officially at the Fourth Lateran Council (1215). Transubstantiation teaches that the bread and wine cease to be bread and wine and become the actual body and blood of Christ, even though their appearance remains unchanged.
This teaching elevated the priest to a supposed power of summoning Christ from heaven at will, a magical power foreign in Scripture.
The bread used in the Mass is called the host (Latin hostia, meaning “victim”). According to Catholic teaching, this host is not merely symbolic; it is literally Christ Himself. Consequently, the wafer is adored and worshiped during the ceremony of Eucharistic adoration.
This act introduces idolatry: worshiping a created object rather than the Creator (Romans 1:25). Instead of directing minds to Christ’s once-for-all sacrifice (Hebrews 9:24-28), attention is diverted to a wafer held aloft by human hands.
Scripture consistently presents the Lord’s Supper as symbolic:
Jesus’ words “This is My body” (Luke 22:19) were spoken while He stood bodily before the disciples. So He was not saying that the bread was Himself literally.
He clarified in John 6:63: “The flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit (or spiritual), and they are life.” Spiritual applications are not to be taken literally.
Paul describes the bread and cup as proclaiming the Lord’s death “till He come” (1 Corinthians 11:26), not re-sacrificing Him till He comes. To proclaim means to announce, not take life.
The Mass contradicts the once-for-all nature of Christ’s death: “For by one offering He hath perfected forever them that are sanctified” (Hebrews 10:14).
Pagan mystery religions — Mithraism, Dionysian cults — practiced ritual meals symbolizing communion with their gods. Catholicism absorbed these ideas, replacing simple remembrance with mystical consumption and transforming worship into a pagan ceremony.
The book of Revelation portrays end-time Babylon (the papacy) as intoxicating the nations with her false doctrines (Revelation 17:2). Transubstantiation with its magic, idolatry, and cannibalistic overtones is one of this Babylon’s chief wines.
“The doctrine of the real presence of the body and blood of Christ in the host is one of Satan’s most successful devices to turn the minds of the people from the sacrifice of Christ upon the cross.” (The Great Controversy, p. 59)
When folks turn their focus to this wafer and worship it, they have simultaneously turned their backs on God.
Conclusion:
True communion with Christ is not through mystical incantations but through faith in His finished work on Calvary. He invites us to feed spiritually on His word (John 6:35, 63). The call of God is clear: “Come out of her (Catholicism), My people” (Revelation 18:4) and return to the simplicity of the gospel.
To learn more about our lord Jesus christ, and God's Word, please visit your local Seventh-day Adventist Church.
Or please visit us at Rossville Seventh-day Adventist Church, located at 1737 Mission Ridge Road, Rossville Georgia 30741
Pastor Greg Hudson
Services start at 11am on Saturday (Sabbath) morning.
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