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:According to the orthodox [[catholic]] Christian doctrine of [[apostolic succession]], only a validly ordained Christian priest acting ''[[in persona Christi]]'' as the Lord's own fully authorized representative ambassador (2 Corinthians 5:18-20) can consecrate the bread and wine in sacrificial worship so that Jesus himself as High Priest, through the ordained priest as His own personal instrument at the altar, makes the [[substance]] of the bread and wine into the substance of His own body, blood, soul and divinity under the [[sign]]s of the visible forms of bread and wine.
:Therefore those who are not validly ordained as priests—and who, as ordained ministers and pastors, do not teach this doctrine—are not committing sacrilege or blasphemy in their own separate forms of Christian worship by treating the symbols of the bread and the cup of the Lord's Supper as ordinary bread and wine or grape juice sanctified by prayer and blessing (1 Timothy 4:4-5), which some call "the emblems". They The ordinary bread and wine or grape juice are not believed to be changed by their prayer into the body and blood of Christ, but are treated solely as a [[symbol]] and [[ordinance]] in remembrance of the Lord's sacrifice, as obedient acts symbolizing their own commitment as disciples of Christ. It is not their ''intention'' to effect such a change in the substance of ordinary bread and wine or grape juice, and it is not their ''intention'' to do what the catholic and orthodox Church does.
:Therefore, even if they partake of these symbols [[Hypocrites|hypocritically]] (unworthy of calling themselves Christian), they cannot be guilty of the body and the blood of the Lord in crucifying him to themselves anew by profaning the actual blood of the covenant by which they are sanctified ([https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Hebrews+10%3A29&version=KJV Hebrews 10:29]). That is not their intention, and not their belief, anyway. They are guilty only of treating a religious symbol with disrespect, a symbol that is not in and of itself the Lord Jesus Christ [[Real presence|actually present]] in person, body, blood, soul and divinity.
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