Eucharist: Protestants v. Catholics
What is the difference between Catholics and Protestants on the Eucharist? Some think it is the presence of Christ–they suppose Catholics believe in a “real” presence and Protestants in a “symbolic” presence. Not at all. Lutherans and Calvinists both believe in a “real presence”–Calvinists stress the spiritual presence of Christ while Lutherans emphasize his bodily…