Reposted from @catholicvote What’s wrong here? “And now,...

Reposted from @catholicvote What’s wrong here? “And now,...

Reposted from @catholicvote What’s wrong here? “And now, American Catholics are facing an internal war over one of the church’s most sacred rituals, the Eucharist, which represents the body and blood of Christ.” (From NY Times article, In Rift With Biden, a Dramatic Show of Force by a Conservative Catholic Movement)⠀
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Catholics don’t believe the Eucharist “represents” the body and blood of Christ. They believe it *is* the Body and Blood of Christ.⠀
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This threshold error sheds a lot of light on why the secular media (whether through ignorance or intentional mischaracterization) gets it so wrong.⠀
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If the Eucharist is understood merely as a symbol or a participation badge, it makes sense to view the bishops’ concerns as political and punitive — why deny someone a meaningless door prize or party favor unless to punish him?⠀
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But if Catholics really believe what they claim—that this is the real, actual, literal body of Jesus Christ—then the bishops’ cause for concern, even if one doesn’t agree with them, at least takes on a different meaning beyond that of secular power politics.
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Half-Polish / Half-Italian British-born artist-cum-photographer who earned a living as a designer and artist between jobs as a teacher and IT Comms specialist (CV and other details via [profile] above.) A baritone, autistic polymath, and member of Mensa (6σ IQ), I am Jan Szafranski and also known as The Sadistic Scribbler.

Started out as a comic book artist (first underground in the '70s to mainstream in the late '80s) before teaching art & photography to teens. Moved into computers, web-design, photo-manips, etc. before returning to teaching in 2002.

In 2006 I temporarily lost my sight (right in the middle of a lesson with Year 11s), regained it but then started on the slow downhill decline that comes with MS… including pain, fatigue, vision & cognitive problems, and tremors & spasms. Add to that recent development of osteoarthritis, and all of which make drawing, painting and photographing very difficult when not in remission.

I’m now 'sorta-retired' because of the symptoms, but will still accept art or photography commissions, as well as website designs and IT consultancy. More details of which can be found on my business site: www.idea-technology.co.uk and artist portal: www.sadisticscribbler.co.uk.

I am currently working on developing my use of digital painting. Digital painting is an emerging art form in which traditional painting techniques such as watercolor, oils, etc. are applied using digital tools by means of a computer, a digitizing tablet and stylus, and software. Digital painting differs from other forms of digital art, particularly computer-generated art, in that it does not involve the computer rendering from a model, nor does it use the computer to automatically generate a pseudo-painting. Instead, the artist uses traditional painting techniques to create the digital painting directly on the computer as if it were just another brush or medium.

I create the painting, directly on my PC, by using various painting software. The tablet can be compared to a canvas or watercolor paper surface, while the stylus pen or mouse is my paintbrush.

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