Seeing and Believing
"Now as Jesus Christ appeared to his holy Apostles in true flesh, so now he shows himself to us in consecrated bread and as with their physical sight they saw only his flesh, but contemplating him with the eyes of faith, believed that he was God, so too, now, though we see bread and wine with the eyes of our body, we should see and firmly believe that it is his Most Holy Body and Blood, living and true." --St. Francis, Admonition 1
The Protestant belief does not hold to this belief that the bread and wine are Christ's body and blood, but they do believe in its symbolic meaning and hold it sacred. The Quakers do not hold a communion service, but rather consider all sacraments as an "inward, spiritual experience." A case can be made for all perspectives. For Francis, seeing the sacrament as a substitution for Christ Himself brought him even closer to his Lord.
"Now as Jesus Christ appeared to his holy Apostles in true flesh, so now he shows himself to us in consecrated bread and as with their physical sight they saw only his flesh, but contemplating him with the eyes of faith, believed that he was God, so too, now, though we see bread and wine with the eyes of our body, we should see and firmly believe that it is his Most Holy Body and Blood, living and true." --St. Francis, Admonition 1
The Protestant belief does not hold to this belief that the bread and wine are Christ's body and blood, but they do believe in its symbolic meaning and hold it sacred. The Quakers do not hold a communion service, but rather consider all sacraments as an "inward, spiritual experience." A case can be made for all perspectives. For Francis, seeing the sacrament as a substitution for Christ Himself brought him even closer to his Lord.
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