Regarding: "These statements are clear and definitive and end the discussion in the minds of the critics of Pope Francis. "Jesus said it. Case closed." But is it?"
- A great problem for those like ArchbRaymond, sidelined chaplain of the Knights and Dames of Malta, is that they use canon law specifically, or their favourite memories of catholic tradition as the lens by which to read scripture.
- The effect is that their understanding of scripture and its role in tradition leads them to a view of scripture which in effect edits out all the bits that are not covered by canon law, or by their favourite memories of catholic tradition of which all of scripture is a part.
- Thus,  these matters go out of balance and the end result is a heterodox view of the eucharist -- a reward for the pure. While the orthodox view  is that the Eucharist is food and medicine for all in the same manner that Jesus himself was for all and everyone.