text: Well, you have a point about the altar and sacrifice.  No, I don't think they believe their eucharist is a "sacrifice" or that their ministers are properly "priests." My father was a Lutheran and I attended his church a few times but I did not go to communion. Even though he told me that he personally believed in the Real Presence I understand that their idea of "real" is subjective. All other outward gestures and prayers resembled very much our Catholic Mass, however. As far as "intent" goes, that's hard to tell. I'm not sure the Corinthians of St. Paul's time understood Transubstantiation any more than today's Lutherans - or even some Catholics, for that matter.