:'''If''' the consecrated bread and wine '''are not actually''' the body, blood, soul and divinity of Jesus Christ present in the physical appearances ("under the [[sign]]s") of bread and wine as true signs of his Presence, but are simply "emblems" or [[symbol]]s of his covenant, '''then''' to treat the natural, created bread and wine made from wheat and grapes, blessed and then solemnly consecrated in worship of God, ''as if they are actually Jesus Christ himself who is God and man'' is to commit superstitious idolatry by worshiping created things ("creatures") as if they were God (Romans 1:25).
:'''If''' the blessed and solemnly consecrated bread and wine '''are actually''' the body, blood, soul and divinity of Jesus Christ present in the physical appearances ("under the signs") of bread and wine as true signs of his Presenceand not "''mere empty symbol''", '''then''' to treat him present in this form as if they are only symbols[[symbol]]s, not signs[[sign]]s, and as if they are only natural, created bread and wine made from wheat and grapes ("creatures"), presented as "emblems" or symbols of the covenant, ''and not actually Jesus Christ himself the high priest who is God and man truly and really present but veiled in this form'', is to commit blasphemy and sacrilege against his Person, to crucify the Son of God afresh, and because it is to treat as an unholy, ordinary thing , as a "''mere empty symbol''", the real blood of the covenant that bought and sanctifies God's people, the blood of God (Hebrews 10:28-31; 1 Corinthians 11:29; Acts 20:28; John 6:36).
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