Do the Word, the community and the Eucharist deserve equal reverence?
The short answer
No. The Eucharist is the body and blood, soul and divinity of Jesus Christ, God the Son. Only the Father and the Holy Spirit are his equals. Equating the Eucharist with the Word and the congregation is not just confused thinking but heresy.
A current error in some Catholic circles puts the Eucharist on a level with the Word of God and the congregation.
The Eucharist is the body and blood, soul and divinity of Jesus Christ, who is God, the Second Person of the Trinity. Only the Father and the Holy Spirit are equal to him. To claim otherwise is not merely fuzzy thinking; it is heresy.
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