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An Interview with Peter Kreeft

Peter Kreeft discusses his latest book, Symbol or Substance? A Dialogue on the Eucharist with C.S. Lewis, Billy Graham, and J.R.R Tolkien.

Questions Covered:

  • 16:00 - How can this book help Protestants who are looking in at the Catholic Church and thinking about converting?
  • 19:55 - Jesus says, “Unless you eat my flesh…” and we believe that this means the Real Presence is in the Eucharist. How can we better explain this verse to our Protestant friends?
  • 29:00 - My 13-year-old daughter asks me, “Is it cannibalism?”
  • 32:57 - What are some good questions that we can ask people who don’t believe in absolute truth?
  • 34:38 - Do you think of marriage when you think of the Eucharist?
  • 41:45 - I am a Protestant interested in philosophy. What is transubstantiation?
  • 46:11 - I am a new Catholic and my nephew asked me why we believe that the Eucharist is the true Body and Blood of Christ. How can I best explain this to him?
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