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This is the transcript of the initial presentation of the video,<\/span> \u201cYes, Catholics Can Receive The Eucharist in One Species! The Bible vs. Jordan Cooper\u201d<\/a> (Catholic Bible Highlights<\/em> with Kenny Burchard, 1-11-26).<\/span><\/p>\n

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Rev. Dr. Jordan Cooper\u00a0is a Lutheran pastor, theologian, and host of the popular\u00a0Just & Sinner<\/em> YouTube channel (it has 75,000 subscribers and more than 1,000 videos). This is a response to the main contentions he makes in his video,\u00a0\u201cDoes Scripture Allow the Church to Withhold the Communion Cup from the Laity?\u201d<\/a> (10-3-25). His words from his video will be in blue<\/span>.<\/p>\n

18:43 [Catholics believe that] we also receive the blood of Christ as we receive the host. . . . the question is . . .\u00a0 if we receive the blood of Christ in the host as well because body and blood are together, is there then something that is necessary [when] we receive in the cup . . . that we don\u2019t also receive when we receive the body of Christ in the host?<\/span><\/p>\n

20:17 I don\u2019t think we have to say that . . .\u00a0 we get 50% of this here and 50% of it here so we need both. I do think that we want to simply go to the necessity of precept, to say this is what God has told us is true and this is what God has told us to do.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

21:53 I would argue that there is certainly a divine precept to partake of both bread and wine.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Rev. Cooper argues that at the Last Supper Jesus commanded the disciples to take the cup of His Blood as well as the consecrated bread, and that in 1 Corinthians, chapters 10 and 11, Paul also includes the eucharistic cup. He contends that it\u2019s a command and divine precept for the laity to receive in both kinds. But let\u2019s listen to a little more before we respond.<\/p>\n

40:41 There\u2019s no assumption here that you could eat the bread and not drink the cup.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

42:00 the fact is there is no evidence whatsoever anywhere in the New Testament that . . . [in] the consumption of the Lord\u2019s Supper, part of it could be withheld or that there is no divine command to partake of the blood of Christ.\u00a0. . . <\/span><\/p>\n

44:05 this is maybe the clearest evidence of a tradition in the church pushed by the magisterium simply overriding a command of Jesus.<\/span><\/p>\n

46:05 [It\u2019s] pretty clear there is no institution of the Eucharist other than this which teaches that the distribution and use of both parts alike was instituted.<\/span><\/p>\n

Here we go again with the universal negative claims. You don\u2019t want to do that when I\u2019m around. It\u2019s bad apologetics technique. In fact, there are many<\/em> instances in the New Testament of a scenario where that is precisely<\/em> what happens (thus contradicting Rev. Cooper\u2019s assertions in the last three excepts above).<\/p>\n

Luke 24:30, 35<\/strong> (RSV) . . .\u00a0 he took the bread and blessed, and broke it, and gave it to them. . . . [35] . . . he was known to them in the breaking of the bread.<\/p>\n

John 6:48, 50-51<\/strong>\u00a0I am the bread of life. . . . [50] This is the bread which comes down from heaven, that a man may eat of it and not die. [51] . . . if any one eats of this bread, he will live for ever; and the bread which I shall give for the life of the world is my flesh.<\/p>\n

John 6:57-58<\/strong> . . . he who eats me will live because of me. [58] This is the bread which came down from heaven, not such as the fathers ate and died; he who eats this bread will live for ever.<\/p>\n

1 Corinthians 5:7<\/strong>\u00a0. . . Christ, our\u00a0<\/strong>paschal lamb, has been sacrificed.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

John 6 gives examples of\u00a0both<\/em>\u00a0flesh and blood being partaken of (6:53-56), yet only body \/ flesh is spoken of singularly and repeatedly as giving spiritual life, and Jesus never describes Himself as the \u201cliving wine\u201d from heaven. Hence, the analogy directly holds to the Catholic permissibility of receiving Holy Communion in one kind only. If this is denied, it follows that the Bible would contradict itself. But, as so often, these matters are \u201cboth\/and\u201d rather than the Protestant tendency of an \u201ceither\/or\u201d mentality. Bottom line: the entire Christ, Body and Blood is included in the consecrated bread alone and in the consecrated wine alone, as indeed Paul teaches:<\/p>\n

1 Corinthians 11:27, 29<\/strong> Whoever, therefore, eats the bread or<\/em><\/strong> drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of profaning the body and blood of the Lord. . . . [29] For any one who eats and drinks<\/em> without discerning the body<\/em> eats and drinks judgment upon himself.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Even Martin Luther didn\u2019t believe that Jesus required both kinds in Holy Communion, based on the Bible, as I documented in one of my articles that we will link to.<\/p>\n

Related Articles<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Bible on Receiving One Species in Communion<\/a>\u00a0[3-11-08 and 6-24-11]<\/p>\n

The Host and Chalice Both Contain Christ\u2019s Body and Blood<\/a>\u00a0[National Catholic Register<\/em>, 12-10-19]<\/p>\n

Martin Luther: Christ Didn\u2019t Require Both Kinds in Holy Communion<\/a> [Facebook, 8-20-24]<\/p>\n

Chalice or Host Only Contain the Body & Blood of Christ<\/a>\u00a0[patristic evidences] [11-21-19]<\/p>\n

Related Book<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Biblical Catholic Eucharistic Theology<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(2011, 222 pages); chapter 7 in particular.<\/p>\n

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Dave has been interviewed on many nationally syndicated Catholic radio shows, including \"Catholic Answers Live\" (twice), \"Faith and Family Live\" (Steve Wood), \"Kresta in the Afternoon,\" \"Son Rise Morning Show,\" \"Catholic Connection\" (Teresa Tomeo), and \"The Catholics Next Door.\" His large and popular website, \"Biblical Evidence for Catholicism,\" was online from March 1997 to March 2007, and received the 1998 Catholic Website of the Year award from \"Envoy Magazine.\" His blog of the same name (now transferred to Patheos), begun in February 2004, contains more than 1,500 papers, at least 500 debates or dialogues, and over 50 distinct \"index\" web pages. Unsolicited correspondence has indicated many hundreds of conversions (or returns) to the Catholic faith as a result, by God's grace, of these writings. Dave's conversion story was published in the bestselling book \"Surprised by Truth\" (edited by Patrick Madrid; San Diego: Basilica Press, 1994). Sophia Institute Press has published six of his books: \"A Biblical Defense of Catholicism\" (Foreword by Fr. John A. Hardon, S. J., 1996 \/ 2003), \"The Catholic Verses\" (2004), \"The One-Minute Apologist\" (2007), \"Bible Proofs for Catholic Truths\" (2009), \"The Quotable Newman\" (editor: 2012), and \"Proving the Catholic Faith is Biblical\" (2015). He is co-author (with Dr. Paul Thigpen) of the inserts for \"The New Catholic Answer Bible\" (Our Sunday Visitor: 2005), and editor for \"The Wisdom of Mr. Chesterton: The Very Best Quotes, Quips, and Cracks from the Pen of G. K. Chesterton\" (Saint Benedict Press \/ TAN Books: 2009). \"100 Biblical Arguments Against Sola Scriptura\" was published by Catholic Answers in May 2012. His \"Quotable Wesley\" compilation was published by (Protestant \/ Wesleyan publisher) Beacon Hill Press in April 2014. Several of his 49 books are bestsellers in their field. Dave maintains a popular personal Facebook page, a Facebook author page, and has a Twitter account as well. He offers almost all of his books in e-book form on his own Biblical Catholicism site (http:\/\/biblicalcatholicism.com\/), at a permanent deep discount: only $2.99 for ePub, mobi, and AZW, and $1.99 for PDF. His writing has been enthusiastically endorsed or recommended by many leading Catholic apologists, authors, and priests, including Dr. Scott Hahn, Fr. Peter M. J. Stravinskas, Marcus Grodi, Patrick Madrid, Steve Ray, Tim Staples, Devin Rose, Mike Aquilina, Al Kresta, Karl Keating, Fr. Dwight Longenecker, Brandon Vogt, Marcellino D'Ambrosio, and Fr. John A. Hardon, S. J. Dave has been happily married to his wife Judy since October 1984. 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