HC Q76 — What is it then to eat the crucified body, and drink the she

*Lord's Day 27*

Question

What is it then to eat the crucified body, and drink the shed blood of Christ?

Answer

It is not only to embrace with believing heart all the sufferings and death of Christ and thereby to obtain the pardon of sin, and life eternal; (a) but also, besides that, to become more and more united to his sacred body, (b) by the Holy Ghost, who dwells both in Christ and in us; so that we, though Christ is in heaven (c) and we on earth, are notwithstanding "flesh of his flesh and bone of his bone" (d) and that we live, and are governed forever by one spirit, (e) as members of the same body are by one soul. (a) John 6:35,40,47-54. (b) John 6:55,56. (c) Col.3:1; Acts 3:21; 1 Cor.11:26. (d) Eph.3:16; Eph.5:29,30,32; 1 Cor.6:15,17,19; 1 John 3:24; 1 John 4:13; John 14:23. (e) John 6:56-58; John 15:1-6; Eph.4:15,16.

Edges

• part_of source-manifest/hc
• precedes catechism-qa/hc-077

Source

• source-manifest/hc — Heidelberg Catechism (1563) (PD, RCUS 1863)
• evidence_grade: D_doctrinal_textbook