Talk:Historical roots of Catholic Eucharistic theology
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[edit] Early Christian Documents - Catholic Point Of View?
This section provides an extremely impressive summary of the evidence for notions of Real Presence in the first centuries, but I wonder whether it should be presented differently? It is a contentious issue because history is so definitive in the Catholic tradition, but these references to body and blood in early documents are interpreted by many (mostly Protestant) scholars as metaphorical. As far as I am aware, it is very difficult to pin down a real concern for the eucharistic elements until the late third century at the earliest. So should the early evidence be presented as 'A Catholic Interpretation'? --ADMH 12:55, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
