(Resolved: The Church founded by Jesus Christ is the so-called Protestant denomination, the Church of Christ, and not the Roman Catholic Church.)

The idea of the Real Presence of Christ in the Lord's Supper is an intriguing notion indeed. Many of my brethren have argued against it on the grounds that it is repugnant to the senses. I will not follow suit. To whose senses would it not have been repugnant to think that the child in the manger of the broken man bleeding on the cross were the ineffable God of the universe who sustains all things in himself? The Scriptural and patristic evidence is rather overwhelming. I am not advocating the Catholic position, but I will refrain from arguing until I have had further time to study these matters. As it stands, I must admit that all objections seem to sound the same as skeptical atheist objections to the existence of God.

I will also withdraw the argument against the title Co-Redemptrix. It does not make Mary equal to Jesus.

I must, however, press the issue of invocation of Mary and the saints. Is not prayer and act of worship? Does it not assign to the saints divinity to believe that they can answer prayers?

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