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No, the East does believe the bread and wine do indeed become the Body and Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ. They simply don't feel the need to come up with a term for the process during which the change occurs. In fact, your next paragraph pretty much explains why.

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No worries. I have a mormon friend who likes Pooh Bear a lot and he's from Seattle. Thought you might be him. Either way, hello. :)

Just curious, you from Seattle?

Exactly! There are some pretty tight rules on infallibility. But the idea of "the prophet will never lead us astray" is very close to how we see things. Substitute the pope instead of the prophet in that sentence and you'll get close to how we Catholics see things.

Thanks!

What's that mean for us non Mormons? Got a link?

See, that does sound a lot like how Catholic theology tackles the issue of infallibility in regards to the Pope. The pope is protected from promulgating errors in doctrine. We've had our share of bad popes in the past, but they've never out right said something while speaking in their official capacity that contradicts what the Church has always taught. They're in a sense, protected by the Holy Spirit in a way so that they can't lead the Church astray. :) And we Catholics do also believe in direct personal revelation, but we're also not required to believe someone else's personal revelation. In instances where there have been reported visitations/miraculous visions/revelations, the Church is very careful to check them out thoroughly before declaring them "worthy of belief" or not.

Now in Catholicism, we consider the Pope to be infallible when he speaks on matters of faith and morals. It's not that he can't speak falsehood, but that the Holy Spirit protects him and through him, the Church as a whole from promulgating errors in doctrine. A good primer is located here: Papal Infallibility I guess my question now is, is the Prophet of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints considered infallible in the same manner the bishop of Rome (aka, the Pope) is?

Hello! I'm still new here and I just realized that I don't know too much about Mormon theology and church structure. I was reading about it and saw that the leader of the church is called the president/prophet? Would that be akin to the role of the Pope in Catholicism? IE, is he the speaker for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints to the secular world? Or is there a different understanding of the role that someone could explain to me? Thanks!

An evangelical Christian who uses an Eastern icon for their profile pic? Nice!

If I had to pick from VB or Java, it would be Java. There's a LOT more devices out there that can run Java. Heck, my phone (Motorola Droid) is programmed with Java!

I've not been banned there. I guess I'm not controversial enough.

Well, like MoreCoffee, I'm a friend of Kurt from another forum. I'm a Byzantine rite Catholic myself. I've had several friends in middle school as well as in high school who were Mormon and have always admired the great dedication to the family that is found in Mormonism. While I may not agree on theological issues, the Mormon church has earned my respect through the obvious love of family and a desire to share their beliefs with others.