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• 1 Corinthians 11Bible

  1 Corinthians 11 is the chapter in which Paul addresses problems in the worship of the Corinthian church. In correcting practices concerning head coverings during prayer or prophecy and divisions at the Lord's Supper, he relates the words of institution of the Supper.

• Joachim JeremiasPeople

  Joachim Jeremias (1900–1979) was a German Lutheran New Testament scholar. He studied the parables of Jesus, the words of institution of the Lord's Supper, and Jesus' use of the address "Abba," and he exerted a lasting influence on the interpretation of the parables.

• Matthew 26:26–28Bible Verses

  Matthew 26:26–28 records the words Jesus spoke at the Last Supper when he broke bread and said, "Take, eat; this is my body," and then gave the cup, saying, "For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins." These are the words of institution of the Lord's Supper, and no passage has divided the church more deeply over the meaning of Communion.

• 1 Corinthians 11:20-26Bible Verses

  In this passage, Paul rebukes the Corinthian church because rich and poor members were divided at the Lord's Supper, and he hands on Jesus' words instituting the Supper. It is read at communion services in nearly every denomination and is a central text in debates over the meaning of the Lord's Supper.

• 1 Corinthians 11:27–29Bible Verses

  This passage teaches that whoever eats the bread and drinks the cup of the Lord "unworthily" is guilty of the body and blood of the Lord, and it calls believers to examine themselves and to discern "the Lord's body." It is the scriptural basis for self-examination before Communion, and eucharistic theologies diverge over what "the body" refers to.

• TypologyDoctrine & Theology

  Typology is a method of biblical interpretation holding that persons, events, and institutions of the Old Testament foreshadow the work of Christ and of salvation to be fulfilled in the New Testament. In Korean Protestant churches it is also known as yepyoron.

• Institutional PastorChurch Offices

  An institutional pastor is a minister who does not serve a local church but instead works in a Christian institution such as a denominational headquarters, school, hospital, media organization, or mission agency. The title is used chiefly in the constitutions of Presbyterian denominations.

• Cooperating PastorChurch Offices

  A cooperating pastor is an ordained pastor who is affiliated with a church or institution and assists the senior pastor in ministry. The title is used mainly in Presbyterian churches, and its conditions of service and standing within the presbytery vary according to each denomination's constitution.

• ProzbulHistory

  The prozbul is a Jewish legal institution devised by Hillel. Because the sabbatical-year law canceling debts every seven years had made people reluctant to lend, Hillel allowed creditors to transfer their claims to a court so that the debts could still be collected after the sabbatical year.

• Institutes of the Christian ReligionDoctrine & Theology

  The Institutes of the Christian Religion is a systematic work of Protestant theology by the Reformer John Calvin. First published in 1536, it was revised several times before the final edition was completed in 1559. It is regarded as a foundational text of Reformed and Presbyterian theology.

• Genesis 2:2-3Bible Verses

  Genesis 2:2-3 states that God, having completed the six days of creation, rested on the seventh day, blessed it, and sanctified it. Regarded as the foundation of the Sabbath institution, the passage is frequently cited in debates over the Sabbath and the Lord's Day.

• Exodus 24:8Bible Verses

  The verse in which Moses, at Mount Sinai, sprinkles the blood of the sacrifices on the people and declares it "the blood of the covenant," completing the ratification of the covenant between God and Israel. Because Jesus' words instituting the Lord's Supper and the Epistle to the Hebrews take up this expression, these passages are frequently read together.

• John 17:21Bible Verses

  John 17:21 is a verse from the prayer Jesus offered to the Father before his arrest, in which he asks that those who believe "all may be one" so that the world may believe. It serves as a motto of the ecumenical movement, and debate has centered on whether this unity should be understood as spiritual or as visible and institutional.

• Seven Last Words of ChristBible

  The Seven Last Words of Christ is the traditional name for the seven sayings that Jesus Christ spoke from the cross before his death, as gathered from the four Gospels.

• Proverbs 30Bible

  Proverbs 30 contains the words of Agur the son of Jakeh. It consists of questions about the Creator, a declaration of the purity of God's word, a prayer asking for neither poverty nor riches, and observational sayings grouped in the pattern of "three things, yea, four."

• New Testament Quotations of the Old TestamentBible

  The practice by which New Testament writers reproduce or borrow the words of the Old Testament to explain Jesus Christ and the church, and the passages in which they do so. These quotations are treated as a key resource for understanding the relationship between the Old and New Testaments.

• Song of SimeonWorship & Rites

  The Song of Simeon is Simeon's hymn of praise recorded in Luke 2:29–32. Also known as the Nunc Dimittis, from its opening words in Latin, it has been sung in many church traditions at evening prayer and in Communion and funeral services.

• Revelation 22:18–19Bible Verses

  A warning that if any man shall add to or take away from the words of the prophecy of this book, God shall add to him the plagues written in it and take away his part out of the book of life. Although it originally concerns keeping the Book of Revelation itself intact, the passage is widely cited in support of the completeness of the whole Bible and the closure of the canon, and in refutation of claims to new revelation.

• Matthew 27:46Bible Verses

  Matthew 27:46 records the cry that Jesus uttered with a loud voice from the cross: "Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?" It is one of the Seven Last Words of Christ. Its meaning, specifically what it means for the Son to have been forsaken on the cross, has been the subject of profound theological discussion.