The Bible and the Church Fathers teach the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist

You say "PRO is taking an overly literal interpretation of scripture to support his position." You are confusing the difference between a literal interpretation and a literalistic interpretation. The former is the meaning the author intended, taking in to account figures of speech, while the latter does not take in to account figures of speech but interprets the words at face value. As far as the Church Fathers being unified on the matter, they were unified on this doctrine and I will refute your quotations that you provided to demonstrate otherwise. You say: "It is clear that Jesus is speaking figuratively in Matt 26:26-28". If that is the case, why did so many of the Church Fathers take these words literally? Here are some examples: It is proper, therefore, that when [Christ] gave the Bread He did not say, "This is the symbol of My Body," but, "This is My Body." In the same way when He gave the Cup He did not say, "This is the symbol of My Blood," but, "This is My Blood"; for He wanted us to look upon the [Eucharistic elements] after their reception of grace and the coming of the Holy Spirit not according to their nature, but [that we should] receive them as they are, the Body and Blood of our Lord. We ought"not regard the [Eucharistic elements] merely as bread and cup, but as the Body and Blood of Christ, into which they were transformed by the descent of the Holy Spirit.(Theodore of Mospuestia, Catechetical Homilies 5) We see that the Savior took in His hands, as it is in the Gospel, when He was reclining at the supper; and He took this, and giving thanks, He said: "This is really Me." And He gave to His disciples and said: "This is really Me." And we see that It is not equal nor similar, not to the incarnate image, not to the invisible divinity, not to the outline of His limbs. For It is round of shape, and devoid of feeling. As to Its power, He means to say even of Its grace, "This is really Me"; and none disbelieves His word. For anyone who does not believe the truth in what He says is deprived of grace and of Savior. (St. Epiphanius, The Man Well-Anchored 57) "You may perhaps say: "My bread is ordinary." But that bread is bread before the words of the Sacraments; where the consecration has entered in, the bread becomes the flesh of Christ. And let us add this: How can what is bread be the Body of Christ? By the consecration. The consecration takes place by certain words; but whose words? Those of the Lord Jesus. Like all the rest of the things said beforehand, they are said by the priest; praises are referred to God, prayer of petition is offered for the people, for kings, for other persons; but when the time comes for the confection of the venerable Sacrament, then the priest uses not his own words but the words of Christ. Therefore it is the word of Christ that confects this Sacrament".Before it be consecrated it is bread; but where the words of Christ come in, it is the Body of Christ. Finally, hear Him saying: "All of you take and eat of this; for this is My Body." And before the words of Christ the chalice is full of wine and water; but where the words of Christ have been operative it is made the Blood of Christ, which redeems the people." (St. Ambrose, The Sacraments 4:4:14; 4:5:23) Let us therefore in all respects put our faith in God and contradict Him in nothing, even if what is said seems to be contrary to our reasonings and to what we see. Let His WORD be of superior authority to reason and sight. This too be our practice in respect to the [Eucharistic] Mysteries, not looking only upon what is laid out before us, but taking heed also of His WORDS. For His WORD cannot deceive; but our senses are easily cheated. His WORD never failed; our senses err most of the time. When the WORD says, "THIS IS MY BODY," be convinced of it and believe it, and look at it with the eyes of the mind. For Christ did not give us something tangible, but even in His tangible things all is intellectual. So too with Baptism: the gift is bestowed through what is a tangible thing, water; but what is accomplished is intellectually perceived: the REBIRTH and the RENEWAL".How many now say, "I wish I could see his shape, His appearance, His garments, His sandals." ONLY LOOK! YOU SEE HIM! YOU TOUCH HIM! YOU EAT HIM! (St. John Chrysostom, Homilies on Matthew 82:4) "That Bread which you see on the altar, having been sanctified by the word of God IS THE BODY OF CHRIST. That chalice, or rather, what is in that chalice, having been sanctified by the word of God, IS THE BLOOD OF CHRIST. Through that bread and wine the Lord Christ willed to commend HIS BODY AND BLOOD, WHICH HE POURED OUT FOR US UNTO THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS." (St. Augustine, Sermons 227) "The Lord Jesus wanted those whose eyes were held lest they should recognize him, to recognize Him in the breaking of the bread [Luke 24:16,30-35]. The faithful know what I am saying. They know Christ in the breaking of the bread. For not all bread, but only that which receives the blessing of Christ, BECOMES CHRIST'S BODY." (St. Augustine, Sermons 234:2) Thus, as per these quotes, it is not clear he was peaking figuratively, but all of these Fathers believed otherwise, and I can provide more quotes! See here for more http://www.therealpresence.org... You say "Jesus is still in his physical (unglorified) body. He is handing out the bread and the wine of the Passover celebration. His statement "this is my body" is not literal, but figurative." I'll let St. Augustine refute this one for me: "How this ['And he was carried in his own hands'] should be understood literally of David, we cannot discover; but we can discover how it is meant of Christ. FOR CHRIST WAS CARRIED IN HIS OWN HANDS, WHEN, REFERRING TO HIS OWN BODY, HE SAID: 'THIS IS MY BODY.' FOR HE CARRIED THAT BODY IN HIS HANDS." (St. Augustine, Psalms 33:1:10) You appealed to the word "memorial" in the last supper. Actually, the meaning of this word (anamnesin) proves my point, not yours. Jews meant by the word for "memorial" an actual making present of a past event, so the Eucharist actually makes present the sacrifice on Calvary. Consider what a Protestant scholars said confirming this: "this memorial is not a simple subjective act of recollection, it is a liturgical action...and this makes him present in His memorial" (Colin Brown, Dictionary of New Testament Theology, 3:244) As far as when Church Fathers spoke about "figurative" speech, they do not mean what we mean by the term. They were refuting the view that Jesus would in a literalistic way cut off pieces of his body and give it to us. See here for more http://www.catholic.com... Thus, my position is able to accept the quotes you provided, as well as the ones I provided without contradiction, while your position is not able to accept the whole of what the Church Fathers taught on this matter. In conclusion, you have not provided any information that is inconsistent with the position that the Bible and the Church Fathers teach the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist, while I believe I have sufficiently established this.