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16 articles found for “Eucharist”

• Eucharistic Controversy

  [Controversies]

  The Eucharistic controversy is the debate over how Christ is present in the bread and wine of the Lord's Supper. The four principal views are transubstantiation, consubstantiation, spiritual presence, and memorialism, and during the Reformation Protestants themselves were divided on the question.

• Holy Eucharist (Anglican Church of Korea)

  [Worship & Rites]

  The Holy Eucharist (Gamsa Seongchallye) is the name the Anglican Church of Korea gives to its worship service centered on Holy Communion. The name derives from the Greek eucharistia, meaning "thanksgiving."

• Lord's Supper

  [Worship & Rites]

  The Lord's Supper is the rite instituted by Jesus Christ at the Last Supper. In it believers share the bread and the cup in remembrance of Christ's death, and it is one of the two sacraments observed by Protestants.

• Online Communion

  [Controversies]

  Online Communion concerns whether church members participating in an online worship service may prepare the bread and cup in their own homes and partake of the Lord's Supper. The question came to be widely debated in 2020, when COVID-19 restrictions limited in-person worship.

• Frequency of Communion

  [Christian Life]

  Frequency of Communion refers to how often a church celebrates the Lord's Supper. Among Protestants, the practice varies widely by denomination and congregation, ranging from every week to only a few times a year.

• Words of Institution

  [Worship & Rites]

  The words Jesus spoke over the bread and the cup at the Last Supper. As the basis for the sacrament, this scriptural text is read aloud or recited within a prayer whenever the church celebrates Communion.

• Mass

  [Worship & Rites]

  The Mass is the public, Eucharist-centered worship of the Catholic Church. It consists of two parts: one in which the Scriptures are read and heard, and one in which bread and wine are shared.

• Agnus Dei

  [Worship & Rites]

  Agnus Dei is Latin for "Lamb of God." The name refers to a short prayer and chant addressed to Christ during the Eucharist, asking for His mercy and peace.

• Priest

  [Church Offices]

  A priest is one of the three holy orders in the Anglican Communion, alongside bishop and deacon, and is an ordained minister who presides at the Eucharist and cares for the church. In Korea priests are commonly addressed as "Father" (sinbu). Unlike Roman Catholic priests, who observe celibacy, Anglican priests may marry.

• John 6:35

  [Bible Verses]

  In this saying Jesus identifies himself as "the bread of life" and declares that whoever comes to him and believes in him will never hunger or thirst. It is counted as the first of the "I am" sayings in the Gospel of John and is often cited in discussions of faith and the Eucharist.

• Didache

  [History]

  The Didache, meaning "the Teaching (of the Twelve Apostles)," is an early church document generally thought to have been written in the late first or early second century. It contains instructions on baptism, the Eucharist, fasting, prayer, and church offices.

• Fourth Lateran Council

  [History]

  The largest council of the Middle Ages, convened by Pope Innocent III in 1215 at the Lateran Basilica in Rome. It enacted seventy-one canons, including a confession of faith affirming creation from nothing and the transubstantiation of the Eucharist, and a requirement that the faithful confess at least once a year.

• Seven Sacraments

  [Doctrine & Theology]

  The Seven Sacraments are the seven rites that the Catholic Church professes to be signs of grace instituted by Christ: Baptism, Confirmation, the Eucharist, Penance, the Anointing of the Sick, Holy Orders, and Matrimony. Most Protestants recognize only two sacraments, Baptism and the Lord's Supper.

• 1 Corinthians 11:27–29

  [Bible 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 body." It is the basis for self-examination before Communion, and eucharistic theologies diverge over what "the body" refers to.

• Easter Vigil

  [Worship & Rites]

  The Easter Vigil is a service held on the night of Holy Saturday, the day before Easter, in anticipation of the resurrection of Christ. It proceeds through the Service of Light, the Liturgy of the Word, the Liturgy of Baptism, and the Liturgy of the Eucharist, and it is especially valued in liturgical traditions such as the Catholic, Anglican, and Lutheran churches.

• John 6:63

  [Bible Verses]

  A verse in which Jesus tells disciples who found his teaching on the bread of life hard to accept that "it is the spirit that quickeneth" and that his words "are spirit, and they are life." It is often cited in discussions of the power of the Word, and it was one of the key texts in the Eucharistic controversies of the Reformation.