tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21083542.post115674859905480171..comments2023-10-30T04:13:46.636-07:00Comments on Witness To Hope - A Young Catholic's Thoughts: Relationship?Harrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17845905351822140629noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21083542.post-1157354634083800772006-09-04T00:23:00.000-07:002006-09-04T00:23:00.000-07:00First off, I think that Bethany utterly misunderst...First off, I think that Bethany utterly misunderstood what you were trying to say; but you weren't very clear.<BR/><BR/>I would only say that the word "relationship" is preferred to the word "communion" because "relationship" has a broader meaning. When I speak about my relationship with Christ, I can speak about all the different ways that we love one-another; the ways that we converse; and the ways that we interact. When I speak about my communion with Christ, I am speaking about a more specific exchange of being.<BR/><BR/>For example, if I speak about my relationship with the Church, I am speaking about how I actually relate to and with her: what teachings I accept (in my case, all of them :-)); how I worship in the context of the Church; what I think about the people who make up the body of the Church; etc. When I speak about my communion with the Church, though, I am speaking specifically about my membership as part of that body of the Church; i.e. how I am at one with her.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, that's how I understand the words.Siloah Swimmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14153332353988218255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21083542.post-1157059065121613542006-08-31T14:17:00.000-07:002006-08-31T14:17:00.000-07:00Harrison:I could probably argue the necesity of co...Harrison:<BR/><BR/>I could probably argue the necesity of communion and baptism for salvation with you until the cows come home. I feel you have taken John 6:53 out of context. The entire section of scripture before it uses bread and wine symbolicly to link it to the manna and water that God miraculously gave to save the physical lives of the Israelites. Jesus gave his body and blood to save our souls. Communion was given as a way to remember the sacrifice of Christ on the cross...and when he says to eat of the flesh and drink of the wine here (this is before the last supper) he is asking us to accept the gift of that sacrfice just as the Israelites accepted the food and drink from heaven. While I participate in communion and was baptised, I don't believe scripturally that either is necessary for salvation, but both are good things to do in obediance to Christ.<BR/><BR/>All that aside, I think the arguement you are making is one of symantics. The word relationship has many meanings and I do believe we were designed to have relationship with both God and each other in the same way the trinity has relationship within itself. We were designed for that type of relationship because we are image bearers of God that is why it was not good for man to be alone. God designed us to experience the same type of relationship that the Father, Son, and Spirit experience.<BR/><BR/>-BethanyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com