“MY FIRST COMMUNION”
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(the eucharist (/ˈjuːkərɪst/; also called ‘holy communion or the lord’s supper, among other names) is a ‘christian rite’ that is considered a ‘sacrament’ in most ‘churches’, and as an ‘ordinance’ in others)
(according to the ‘new testament’, the ‘rite’ was instituted by ‘jesus christ’ during the ‘last supper’; giving his disciples ‘bread’ and ‘wine’ during the ‘passover meal’, ‘jesus’ commanded his followers to “do this in memory of me” while referring to the bread as “my body” and the cup of wine as “the new covenant in my blood”)
(through the ‘eucharistic celebration’, ‘christians’ remember both christ’s sacrifice of himself on the ‘cross’ and his commission of the ‘apostles’ at the ‘last supper’)
(the elements of the ‘eucharist’, ‘sacramental bread’ (‘leavened’ or ‘unleavened’) and ‘sacramental wine’ (or by some ‘grape juice’), are ‘consecrated’ on an ‘altar’ (or a ‘communion table’) and consumed thereafter)
(‘communicants’ (those who ‘consume’ the ‘elements’) may speak of “receiving the eucharist”, as well as “celebrating the eucharist”)
(‘christians’ generally recognize a special presence of christ in this ‘rite’, though they differ about exactly ‘how’, ‘where’, and ‘when’ christ is present)
(going on a scale of ‘how gullible are you?’)
(we’ll end with the ‘catholics’, we’ll start on the ‘jews’)
(while all agree that there is no perceptible change in the ‘elements’, ‘roman catholics’ believe that their substances actually become the ‘body’ and ‘blood’ of ‘christ (called ‘transubstantiation’))
(‘lutherans’ believe the true ‘body’ and ‘blood’ of ‘christ’ are really present “in, with, and under” the forms of the ‘bread’ and ‘wine’ (called ‘sacramental union’))
(‘reformed christians’ believe in a real spiritual presence of ‘christ’ in the ‘eucharist’)
(others (such as the ‘plymouth brethren’, take the act to be only a ‘symbolic reenactment’ of the ‘last supper’ and a ‘memorial’)
(in spite of differences among ‘christians’ about various aspects of the ‘eucharist’, there is, according to the encyclopædia britannica, “more of a ‘consensus’ among ‘christians’ about the ‘meaning’ of the ‘eucharist’ than would appear from the ‘confessional debates’ over the ‘sacramental presence’, the ‘effects’ of the ‘eucharist’, and the proper auspices under which it may be celebrated”)
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