celebration+of+the+Lord's+Supper

  • 1Mass of the Lord's Supper — The Last Supper (Convent of Sta. Maria delle Grazie, Milan, Italy (1498), by Leonardo da Vinci). The Mass of the Lord s Supper is the Catholic Mass celebrated on the evening of Holy Thursday. It inaugurates the …

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  • 2Lord's Supper — The last meal before his trial [[➝ trial of Jesus]] and crucifixion which Jesus held with his disciples in the Upper Room; the name derives from Paul s reference to it (1 Cor. 11). It has been much disputed whether this meal was a Passover, as… …

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  • 3Lord's Supper —    No more contentious issue emerged among 16th century Protestant reformers than that of the sacraments, those ceremonial events designed to serve as a sign of God s presence and confirmation of his promises in Jesus Christ to the community of… …

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  • 4Lord's Supper, The —    (See Holy Communion.)    In regard to the use of the words Lord s Supper as a name for the Holy Communion, we reproduce the following from The Annotated Prayer Book, which is worth considering: The term (the Lord s Supper) is borrowed from 1… …

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  • 5The Blessed Eucharist as a Sacrament —     The Blessed Eucharist as a Sacrament     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Blessed Eucharist as a Sacrament     Since Christ is present under the appearances of bread and wine in a sacramental way, the Blessed Eucharist is unquestionably a… …

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  • 6The Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist —     The Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist     In this article we shall consider:     ♦ the fact of the Real Presence, which is, indeed, the central dogma;     ♦ the …

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  • 7The Evangelical Alliance —     The Evangelical Alliance     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Evangelical Alliance     An association of Protestants (Protestantism) belonging to various denominations founded in 1846, whose object, as declared in a resolution passed at the… …

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  • 8Origin of the Eucharist — Main article: Eucharist Christians find the origin of the Eucharist in the Last Supper, at which Jesus established a New Covenant in his body and blood, fulfilling the Mosaic covenant. In this ancient rite or sacrament Christians eat bread and… …

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  • 9The Last Supper —     The Last Supper     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Last Supper     The meal held by Christ and His disciples on the eve of His Passion at which He instituted the Holy Eucharist.     TIME     The Evangelists and critics generally agree that the …

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  • 10Corinthians, First Epistle to the —    Was written from Ephesus (1 Cor. 16:8) about the time of the Passover in the third year of the apostle s sojourn there (Acts 19:10; 20:31), and when he had formed the purpose to visit Macedonia, and then return to Corinth (probably A.D. 57).… …

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