A tale by Herman of Bologna in the Viaticum narrationum (ca. 1280–1290) describes the rather comical story of how a Jew of Cologne, having received communion, kept the host in his mouth; when he removed it, he discovered that it had turned into a tiny child. When he put it back in his mouth, it had become so hard he could not chew it or swallow it, and eventually, admitting the miracle, he was converted. This was in fact the first literary tale in which a Jew ingested the Eucharist. Many versions of this tale continued to be circulated in the later Middle Ages.^172^

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[–] Utter_Karate@hexbear.net 35 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Why would you put the child back in your mouth and attempt to chew it!?

Is it because you are a Jew as written by a 13th century Christian and are therefore operating on a "see a child, eat a child" system?

[–] tactical_trans_karen@hexbear.net 14 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

13th century Jewish guy with pica: gigachad

[–] anarchoilluminati@hexbear.net 2 points 5 months ago

So I put the child back in my mouth, which was the style at the time.

[–] Black_Mald_Futures@hexbear.net 25 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

Why would you put it back in your mouth if it turned into a literal child? Man the religious are weird

[–] ZWQbpkzl@hexbear.net 8 points 5 months ago

Well that's what everyone else was eating.

[–] Dolores@hexbear.net 7 points 5 months ago

the priest said something like that would happen, who am i to question it?

[–] SkingradGuard@hexbear.net 23 points 5 months ago

Everyone was high back then wtf

[–] kristina@hexbear.net 23 points 5 months ago (2 children)

When the priest hands you a tab

[–] unperson@hexbear.net 10 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

When that eucharist looks moldy

[–] tocopherol@hexbear.net 19 points 5 months ago (1 children)

jesse-wtf

[–] ZWQbpkzl@hexbear.net 7 points 5 months ago

Transubstantiation joke. Disagreements over how it actually worked would cause the deaths of millions.

[–] driving_crooner 18 points 5 months ago (1 children)

You had to admit that catholicism making cannibalism of their own God one of their main religious tenets is hard core as fuck.

[–] iridaniotter@hexbear.net 17 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

But then they deny it's cannibalism and pretend to be upset when other cultures do it. So pretty cringe.

[–] driving_crooner 13 points 5 months ago

Hypocrisy is another, not based, tenet of catholicism.

[–] Huldra@hexbear.net 18 points 5 months ago (1 children)

What the fuck happened to the tiny child, like did it grow up or was it just a child shaped solidified eucharist?

[–] Commiejones@hexbear.net 21 points 5 months ago (1 children)

You know who that child grew up to be? Jesus Christ.

[–] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 11 points 5 months ago

And everyone clapped!