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The phrase "fractio panis" (Greek: klasis tou artou) and its variants is not found in pagan literature but recurs frequently in early Christian literature, indicating particular Christian usage; [2] not only is the "blessing and breaking" of the bread mentioned in each of the four accounts of the Last Supper, but repeatedly also in the other Apostolic writings.
During the journey to Emmaus, according to Alfred McBride, Jesus patiently guided the two disciples "from hopelessness to celebration" [8] and also intended to nourish the two disciples' faith to such an extent that they can see "his real presence in the breaking of the bread". [19]
Jesus is raised from the dead; The finding of the empty tomb; Mary Magdalene meets the risen Jesus; Jesus appears on the road to Emmaus; Jesus is known in the breaking of bread; Jesus appears to the disciples in Jerusalem; Jesus gives the disciples his peace and the power to forgive sins; Jesus strengthens the faith of Thomas; Jesus appears by ...
The painting depicts the moment when the resurrected but incognito Jesus reveals himself to two of his disciples (presumed to be Luke and Cleopas) in the town of Emmaus, only to soon vanish from their sight (Gospel of Luke 24: 30–31). Cleopas wears the scallop shell of a pilgrim. The other apostle wears torn clothes.
In chapter 26 of the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus prays thanks for the bread, divides it, and hands the pieces of bread to his disciples, saying "Take, eat, this is my body." Later in the meal Jesus takes a cup of wine, offers another prayer , and gives it to those present, saying "Drink from it, all of you; for this is my blood of the covenant ...
Here then also they find fault with the disciples, saying, For they wash not their hands when they eat bread." [4] Bede: " Taking carnally those words of the Prophets, in which it is said, Wash, and he ye clean, they, observed it only in washing the body; (Is. 1:16.) hence they had laid it down that we ought not to eat with unwashen hands." [4]
Come and eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mixed. Leave ignorance and you shall live. They recognised the Lord. Alleluia. In the breaking of the bread. Alleluia. Alleluia. The bread which we break is the Body of the Lord; the cup which we bless is the Blood of the Lord: a sole and unique Mystery. They recognised the Lord ...
Images of Jesus tend to show ethnic characteristics similar to those of the culture in which the image has been created. Beliefs that certain images are historically authentic, or have acquired an authoritative status from Church tradition, remain powerful among some of the faithful, in Eastern Orthodoxy, Lutheranism, Anglicanism, and Roman ...