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  2. Eucharist - Wikipedia

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    The Eucharist (/ ˈ juː k ər ɪ s t / YOO-kər-ist; from Koinē Greek: εὐχαριστία, romanized: evcharistía, lit. ' thanksgiving '), also called Holy Communion, the Blessed Sacrament or the Lord's Supper, is a Christian rite, considered a sacrament in most churches and an ordinance in others.

  3. Lord's Supper in Reformed theology - Wikipedia

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    Calvin spoke of the communication involved in the Lord's Supper as spiritual, meaning that it originates in the Holy Spirit. Calvin's teaching on the Lord's Supper was a development of that held by Martin Bucer and was held by other Reformed theologians such as Peter Martyr Vermigli. Calvin, like Zwingli and against Luther, did not believe that ...

  4. Mass of the Lord's Supper - Wikipedia

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    The Mass of the Lord's Supper, also known as A Service of Worship for Maundy Thursday, is a Holy Week service celebrated on the evening of Maundy Thursday. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It inaugurates the Easter Triduum , [ 3 ] and commemorates the Last Supper of Jesus with his disciples , more explicitly than other celebrations of the Mass .

  5. Last Supper - Wikipedia

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    The Last Supper is the final meal that, in the Gospel accounts, Jesus shared with his apostles in Jerusalem before his crucifixion. [2] The Last Supper is commemorated by Christians especially on Holy Thursday. [3] The Last Supper provides the scriptural basis for the Eucharist, also known as "Holy Communion" or "The Lord's Supper". [4]

  6. Eucharist in the Catholic Church - Wikipedia

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    Cyprian's Treatise On The Lord's Prayer, c. 250, identifies the Eucharist with the daily bread mentioned in The Lord's Prayer: "And we ask that this bread should be given to us daily, that we who are in Christ, and daily receive the Eucharist for the food of salvation, may not, by the interposition of some heinous sin, by being prevented, as ...

  7. Eucharistic theology - Wikipedia

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    The Lord's Supper in this way is a 'spiritual' experience, as the Holy Spirit is directly involved in the action of 'eucharist'. For the reprobate, although they receive the flesh and blood of Jesus, as the elect do, the Lord's Supper is ineffectual, being no different from ordinary bread and wine.

  8. Origin of the Eucharist - Wikipedia

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    Some Christian denominations [1] [2] [3] place the origin of the Eucharist in the Last Supper of Jesus with his disciples, at which he is believed [4] to have taken bread and given it to his disciples, telling them to eat of it, because it was his body, and to have taken a cup and given it to his disciples, telling them to drink of it because it was the cup of the covenant in his blood.

  9. Communion table - Wikipedia

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    Communion table in the Münster in Schaffhausen, Switzerland.. Christianity portal; Communion table and Lord's table are terms used by many Protestant churches—particularly from Reformed, Baptist and low church Anglican and Methodist bodies—for the table used for preparation of Holy Communion (a sacrament also called the Eucharist).