Dr. Scott Hahn | The Bible and the Sacrifice of the Mass | Franciscan University of Steubenville

Dr. Scott Hahn, Professor of Theology at Franciscan University of Steubenville, speaks about "The Bible and the Sacrifice of the Mass" at the 2012 Defending the Faith Conference here on campus in Steubenville, Ohio. Dr. Scott Hahn is the Fr. Michael Scanlan, TOR, Chair of Biblical Theology and the New Evangelization at Franciscan University of Steubenville.
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[@imay7133]

It’s nice to know… it’s been more than a decade ago, 11 years so amazing!!!

[@JamesDonlan-jv8bm]

Fantastic and timeless I love how Dr. Hahn illuminates our understanding of the Mass and the Eucharist in his teachings.🙏

[@epcd7021]

Thank you very much Scott Hahn for deepening my faith in the Holy Eucharist.

[@suzannemcmaken4648]

@@epcd7021 You have faith in a water and flour wafer?!?

[@RightCross22]

@@suzannemcmaken4648 it’s not just a piece of bread, it’s the body of our Lord Jesus Christ. Just as He Himself said “This is my body, broken for you.” Amen

[@issacthomas9345]

​@@suzannemcmaken4648you are responding like the devil😂

[@joycegreer9391]

@RightCross22 When did He say that, what else did He say? He was there with His disciples BEFORE His body would be broken. He was breaking the bread, not tearing off pieces of His body. He said, "Do this in REMEMBRANCE of me" not "this will be my actual body".

[@RightCross22]

@ He didn’t say “this represents my body” He said “this IS my body.” Is means is. Study church history. For 1500 years *everyone* agreed that it was really the body and blood of Christ. *Nobody* thought it was a symbol until after the reformation.

[@jimtamanisokula1925]

Thank you, Dr Hahn. This is what we Catholics should listen to, to broaden our faith in the Holy Eucharist. God bless you and the work that you do...Evangelizing.

[@suzannemcmaken4648]

@@jimtamanisokula1925 There is no mass or “holy eucharist” in scripture.

[@BigQuapa25]

@@suzannemcmaken4648You are mistaken.

[@issacthomas9345]

​@@suzannemcmaken4648truth always shame the devil.😂 I beleive he just explain to you but you being ingnorant did not listen and respond

[@joycegreer9391]

@@BigQuapa25 She is right.

[@joycegreer9391]

@issacthomas9345 The devil just tried to explain. I would agree with that.

[@landrynda]

this why we need to evangelize more and more

[@FullnessOfTruth7]

EESHO MISHIHA Saviour Of The World have mercy on us Sinners Amĕn Maranatha ♥️♥️♥️🙏🙏🙏

[@marshahaldeman5832]

Beautiful explanation of the Resurrection! Thank you. The New Testament is a sacrament before it becomes a document-how beautiful! The New Testament is the Eucharist! It is the sacrifice of the Mass. We don’t need to prove where it says that in the New Testament. 24:09

[@SheldonDsouza126]

From your talks about the Eucharist and Mary... and other topics... I understand one thing... Many of the misunderstandings of the Protestants and Evangelicals is... They look at it from a Modern Post Christian perspective... They never go back to the Old Testament references...

[@suzannemcmaken4648]

Roman Catholicism has resurrected the Levitical priesthood with sacrifices when Jesus by his work on the cross eliminated both as believers entered the New Covenant.

[@johnbrion4565]

@@suzannemcmaken4648actually what the Catholic Church teaches is what the earliest Christian’s believed. If you study church history you will see this.

[@Tobeouy]

​@@suzannemcmaken4648Question, what false church pastor taught you these lies?

[@JAMs6504]

They think they do. I hear Protestants quoting more from the OT than the New.

[@RightCross22]

@@JAMs6504 that’s interesting, where are you from ? In my area the majority of Protestants are baptists and they almost exclusively quote the New Testament, what sort of Protestants are in your area ?

[@robertdages5392]

Really interesting

[@heartful.healing]

“The New Testament was a sacrament long before becoming a document according to the document” Love this ❤🙏🏻🕊️

[@boeinglaugan8539]

Gorgeous speaker. You Scott is the modern apostle.

[@tracymumlong3389]

Amen 🙏

[@albinoadrianocordeiro9929]

Amazing

[@Eracruz30]

Personal relationship?! Yes, but even much more, to be close to HIM, a communion of HIM, an exchange of person with HIM, the covenantal relationship!

[@jfgskaintayo8167]

Not symbolic

[@stefkadank-derpjr1453]

The Holy Ghost really flows through Scott Hahn here.

[@suzannemcmaken4648]

@@stefkadank-derpjr1453 Satan flows through Hahn with reducing the glorious, magnificent Christ the King to a wafer. The stupidity!

[@coreyrutzke7905]

Does anyone know where to find a similar video that includes the story of Dr Hahn’s journey of study of the book of Revelation (and conversion). It might be the next part of this talk but it ends abruptly. Thanks for any leads!

[@Heythere24561]

Not sure if this is what you were looking for but here’s the original conversion story “the conversion tape”. It doesn’t have video but it’s the recording of his talk on his conversion. m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/hl7Fq2ehh9l2h6s

[@jonahcerone]

Look up “Scott Hahn: what made him a Catholic (conversion story)” also has a great podcast on “pints with aquinas”

[@imay7133]

🙏🙏🙏

[@Maranatha99]

Recommebded article: A Responce to Scott Hahn’s Rome Sweet Home

[@GillianSavant-s9q]

Dont give up on the faith

[@RockerfellerRothchild1776]

In "Rememberance" Key ! The mass literally used to be an actual Dinner! Read Hebrews! It's a memorial meal!

[@Maranatha99]

Hello, Dr. Hahn, i have to differ with you in the idea of the Passover meal being a sacrificial meal. I think it was just the opposite, it was a CELEBRATORY meal! Year after year, the Jews celebrated the end of the slavery period in Egypt. The SACRIFICE had happened previously at the temple, when the family lamb had been slaughtered. The meal was NOT a sacrifice. Also, you say that the crucifixion would not have been considered a sacrifice bc it didnt happen at the temple. Well, neither the passiver meal, which happened at a home! I also think you are completely forgetting Acts 2, when Peter explained his JEW listeners that the execution of Jesus had been in their behalf. You also mention the sacrifice of the Mass, but are you forgetting the book of Hebrews, where we read several times that Jesus was offered "once and for all"? (Hebrews 10, 12, f.e) U also say that the Eucharist is what transformed the cross from execution to sacrifice. Well, Peter didn't mention any of that in Acts 2. Peter didn't have one word about the last supper, which his listeners didn't even know about. The totality of, or most of the NT books were probably written before 70 aD, since such an important event as the destruction of the temple is notbmentioned in any of the books. Also, Jesus had already offered ORALLY the bulk of the NT.

[@suzannemcmaken4648]

@@Maranatha99 Hahn doesn’t know what he’s talking about. You are correct. There was no sacrifice at the Last Super, which was really the Jewish Passover meal. Jesus simply told the apostles to take bread and wine and remember HIM and His sacrifice. “DO THIS IN REMEMBRANCE OF ME.” The eucharist and mass are lies out of the pit of hell.

[@christiancerra3026]

The old testament passover sacrifice of a lamb was also the meal. You had to eat the lamb after it was sacrificed. So in the NT passover, we need a way to eat the lamb. Jesus does this thru the Last Supper when he holds bread and wine saying this IS my body which is poured out for the remission of sins. He gives us the Eucharist to be truly himself

[@sixgunslime]

Every shred of historical evidence we have clearly shows that the early church (this includes the apostles) believed in both the real presence as well as the mass as a sacrifice. Were the apostles wrong?

[@rafaeljonathanmonterrosoca8400]

@Maranathan99 Dear Sister in Christ, Thank you for sharing your reflections. It’s a blessing to discuss these profound mysteries of our faith together. Let us pray to the Holy Spirit for discernment, as Jesus promised He would lead us into all truth (John 16:13). The Passover and the Tree of Life Your mention of the celebratory aspect of the Passover is insightful. Yet, its sacrificial foundation points to something deeper. From the beginning, God used meals to signify communion with Him. In Eden, Adam and Eve were expelled to prevent them from eating the fruit of the tree of life, lest they live eternally in sin (Genesis 3:22-24). The tree of life prefigures Jesus Christ, who gives us His own flesh and blood in the Eucharist as the remedy for sin and the source of eternal life (John 6:51-58). The Passover lamb and meal foreshadowed this gift. The sacrifice at the temple and the meal at home were not separate acts but intimately united. The lamb was slain, its blood marked the homes, and its flesh was eaten in obedience to God’s command (Exodus 12). Jesus fulfills this by becoming the Lamb of God, whose blood saves us and whose flesh we are called to eat (John 1:29; John 6:53). The Crucifixion as the True Sacrifice You raise an important point about sacrifices traditionally occurring in the temple. Jesus’ crucifixion outside the temple fulfills what the temple sacrifices symbolized. As St. Paul teaches, Jesus is both priest and victim, offering Himself once and for all (Hebrews 9:11-14). While this sacrifice occurred in time, it transcends time, as Jesus is the eternal Son of God. The Mass does not “repeat” this sacrifice but makes it present, allowing us to unite ourselves with His offering. Jesus commanded, "Do this in remembrance of me" (Luke 22:19). The word “remembrance” (anamnesis) in Greek signifies a re-presentation, not a mere recollection. In the Mass, we participate in the one sacrifice of Christ, bringing its saving grace into our lives. Receiving Worthily: St. Paul’s Warning St. Paul warns us about receiving the Body and Blood of Christ unworthily, saying, "Whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of sinning against the body and blood of the Lord" (1 Corinthians 11:27). This teaching ties directly to the Sacrament of Reconciliation. After His resurrection, Jesus appeared to the apostles and said, "Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive anyone's sins, their sins are forgiven; if you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven" (John 20:23). This power to forgive sins, given by Divine Mercy, ensures that we are reconciled with God and prepared to receive the Eucharist worthily. Without this sacrament, how can we approach the table of the Lord without risking judgment? The Sacraments as the Path to Heaven The Sacraments of Reconciliation and the Eucharist are deeply interconnected, both rooted in God’s mercy. They are the means by which we are sanctified and drawn into communion with the Father. This is beautifully prefigured in the story of Abraham and Isaac. God promised Abraham that all nations would be blessed through his descendants (Genesis 22:18). When Isaac carried the wood for his own sacrifice, he foreshadowed Christ carrying the cross. Just as the ram provided by God took Isaac’s place, Jesus, the Lamb of God, offers Himself in our place. His sacrifice opens the way to the eternal promise, the heavenly banquet where we will dwell with God forever. An Invitation to Discernment I encourage you to reflect prayerfully on these mysteries. The Eucharist is not merely symbolic; it is the real presence of Jesus, who gives Himself to us as the bread of life. By receiving Him worthily, after being reconciled through Confession, we are nourished on our journey to eternal life. Let us pray together: Holy Spirit, open our hearts to Your truth. Help us to understand the unity of the Sacraments and the depth of Your mercy. Draw us closer to Jesus, who is the way, the truth, and the life. Amen. May the love of Christ guide us into deeper unity and understanding. Your brother in Christ, Jonathan

[@Maranatha99]

@rafaeljonathanmonterrosoca8400 thanks for r comment, Rafael. I'll try to read it later. I would advise you in the future to write shorter comments. It's hard to read & answer comments that are so long. Have a blessed day.

[@GizmoFromPizmo]

A covenant is a contract. God's covenant was in place at the resurrection of Jesus. You're playing with words by limiting the New Testament to a document. "Do this in memory of me" is referring to the Lord's Supper, which the disciples of Christ continue to do (unaided by a magic clergyman). It's not referring to "doing the New Testament", whatever that's supposed to mean. Reading and understanding the Book of Hebrews shows where this deceiver is going off the rails. He gets away with it because nobody reads it and those who do, by-and-large, don't understand it.

[@Maranatha99]

Dr. Hahn, when did Jesus say "It is finished"? During the Passover meal, or at the cross? Dr. Hahn, u have absolutely no Scriptural basis for the idea that the Eucharist is what transformed jesus' suffering from being an execution into a true and holy sacrifice. Peter doesn't mention the Passover meal during his famous discurse in Acts 2

[@GizmoFromPizmo]

Okay, the speaker understands Passover. Nobody ever said that the Passover was anything other than what he said in his speech. But then he conflates it with a sacrifice, which is a connection that no writer of any of the books of the bible makes. In other words, he's performing a magic trick. Is the Lord's Supper a sacrifice? Show me in scripture where it says that and I'll believe it. But nothing in this or any other document I've read or heard has ever shown that connection. In other words, you have to read that into the word of God. That's called eisegesis, which is a fake way to interpret any contract.

[@Tobeouy]

Thank you for listening to the truth and for using the bible, a Catholic book.

[@iggyantioch]

Old Testament (a). Foreshadowing of the Eucharistic Sacrifice Gen. 14:18 - this is the first time that the word “priest” is used in Old Testament. Melchizedek is both a priest and a king and he offers a bread and wine sacrifice to God. Psalm 76:2 - Melchizedek is the king of Salem. Salem is the future Jeru-salem where Jesus, the eternal priest and king, established his new Kingdom and the Eucharistic sacrifice which He offered under the appearance of bread and wine.

[@iggyantioch]

Psalm 110:4 - this is the prophecy that Jesus will be the eternal priest and king in the same manner as this mysterious priest Melchizedek. This prophecy requires us to look for an eternal bread and wine sacrifice in the future. This prophecy is fulfilled only by the Eucharistic sacrifice of the Catholic Church. Malachi 1:11 - this is a prophecy of a pure offering that will be offered in every place from the rising of the sun to its setting. Thus, there will be only one sacrifice, but it will be offered in many places around the world. This prophecy is fulfilled only by the Catholic Church in the Masses around the world, where the sacrifice of Christ which transcends time and space is offered for our salvation. If this prophecy is not fulfilled by the Catholic Church, then Malachi is a false prophet. Exodus 12:14,17,24; cf. 24:8 - we see that the feast of the paschal lamb is a perpetual ordinance. It lasts forever. But it had not yet been fulfilled. Exodus 29:38-39 - God commands the Israelites to “offer” (poieseis) the lambs upon the altar. The word “offer” is the same verb Jesus would use to institute the Eucharistic offering of Himself.

[@iggyantioch]

Foreshadowing of the Requirement to Consume the Sacrifice Gen. 22:9-13 - God saved Abraham’s first-born son on Mount Moriah with a substitute sacrifice which had to be consumed. This foreshadowed the real sacrifice of Israel’s true first-born son (Jesus) who must be consumed. Exodus 12:5 - the paschal lamb that was sacrificed and eaten had to be without blemish. Luke 23:4,14; John 18:38 - Jesus is the true paschal Lamb without blemish. Exodus 12:7,22-23 - the blood of the lamb had to be sprinkled on the two door posts. This paschal sacrifice foreshadows the true Lamb of sacrifice and the two posts of His cross on which His blood was sprinkled. Exodus 12:8,11 - the paschal lamb had to be eaten by the faithful in order for God to “pass over” the house and spare their first-born sons. Jesus, the true paschal Lamb, must also be eaten by the faithful in order for God to forgive their sins. Exodus 12:43-45; Ezek. 44:9 - no one outside the “family of God” shall eat the lamb. Non-Catholics should not partake of the Eucharist until they are in full communion with the Church. Exodus 12:49 - no uncircumcised person shall eat of the lamb. Baptism is the new circumcision for Catholics, and thus one must be baptized in order to partake of the Lamb. Exodus 12:47; Num. 9:12 - the paschal lamb’s bones could not be broken. John 19:33 - none of Jesus’ bones were broken. Exodus 16:4-36; Neh 9:15 - God gave His people bread from heaven to sustain them on their journey to the promised land. This foreshadows the true bread from heaven which God gives to us at Mass to sustain us on our journey to heaven.

[@iggyantioch]

Exodus 24:9-11 - the Mosaic covenant was consummated with a meal in the presence of God. The New and eternal Covenant is consummated with the Eucharistic meal - the body and blood of Jesus Christ under the appearance of bread and wine.

[@HAL9000-su1mz]

Protestantism is forced to relegate history to history. Christ and His sacrifice are well into the past. The early Church existed for the primary purpose of slowly writing and assembling the bible so that moderns could "divine" the truth from it. Our debt paid long ago, we have been cut loose to enjoy life with no fear or preoccupation with sin. And, from this comes the prosperity gospel and so many other errors.

[@suzannemcmaken4648]

@@HAL9000-su1mz The early, authentic Church is not Catholicism, or Roman Catholicism. The true Church founded on the prophets and apostles with Jesus Christ as the Chief Cornerstone brought the freeing message of liberty in Christ as believers were no longer under the law, or commandments. The cross brought the free gift of forgiveness of sins. Belief in Christ brought the free gift of salvation.

[@Tobeouy]

If all the bibles on earth were destroyed, I would still remain a True Catholic Christian. Jesus did not hand out bibles. He taught by word of mouth and Sacred Tradition.

[@Maranatha99]

​@Tobeouy No, Jesus handed down copies of the CCC. Sorry, the irony. I hope you get the point.

[@issacthomas9345]

​​@@suzannemcmaken4648the devil, which church is the true church?

[@joycegreer9391]

@@Tobeouy That is not an accurate statement. Of course Jesus taught orally, but what was He always saying? "It is written." What did He teach? The scriptures. Jesus condemned the traditions of men. There are no "sacred" traditions. Catholicism is like the Pharisees and actually worse as the Pharisees did, at least, accurately teach. No doubt you are a True Catholic; true Christian is questionable.

[@GizmoFromPizmo]

Paul is not talking about Passover or the Lord's Supper in 1 Cor. 5. He's talking about fornication (sexual immorality) in the church. 1 Cor. 5:6-9 - Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump? 7 Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us: 8 Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. 9 I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators: He's not talking about Passover but he's using it to illustrate a point. His point has nothing to do with Passover or with the Lord's Supper. He's talking about booting that fornicator out of the church to make the lump (the church) unleavened. What if he said this? Fornication is a bacterial infection (yeast is bacteria). Let's keep the whole lump bacteria free because Jesus is clean and bacteria free! Would anyone mistake that for the Lord's Supper? No. He's talking about a form of medicine that didn't come until centuries later. They didn't know about bacterial infections back then but they understood that yeast is an impurity. "Beware the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees", Jesus warned. So, the guy is grasping at straws. This guy is a deceiver like all Jesuits.

[@GizmoFromPizmo]

Catholics are distinct from Christians, aren't they? I mean, if you depart from the doctrine of Christ, can you still qualify as a real Christian? 2 John 9 - Whosoever transgresseth and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ hath not God. The Apostle John says, "No. a Catholic is not a Christian."

[@3685killer]

If we were living at Calvary, we would be experiencing an execution. But, if we understand God, He doesn't see time as linear like we do. He see all time as ONE TIME. So, the Catholic Church, in a way, understanding Him, celebrates the Mass, which is the re-enactment of Calvary, as God sees Calvary as happening NOW. God is the ETERNAL NOW

[@suzannemcmaken4648]

@@3685killer Father God doesn’t see Calvary. It’s over. “IT IS FINISHED.” “For by ONE sacrifice He has made PERFECT forever those who are being sanctified.” HEBREWS 10:14. Calvary gave the believer the forgiveness of all his/her sins, past present and future. Belief in Jesus Christ gave us salvation. No false 7 sacraments needed.

[@sixgunslime]

@@suzannemcmaken4648 The 7 sacraments are what the apostles themselves taught. This is an undeniable historical fact. Did the apostles get it wrong then?