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→The Shared Theology and Practice of the Eucharist: minor expansion of preceding edit addn - also added ref to Heb 13:10-15
#BLESSING the bread and wine. The blessing of God over the bread in Judaism sanctifies the bread taking it out of normal use, or, alternatively, bringing the "secular" into the arena of the divine. This Blessing is known as the Thanksgiving prayer proper.
#BLESSING the bread and wine. The blessing of God over the bread in Judaism sanctifies the bread taking it out of normal use, or, alternatively, bringing the "secular" into the arena of the divine. This Blessing is known as the Thanksgiving prayer proper.
#BREAKING or "Fraction" (meaning breaking). It both signifies that Jesus' body was broken for us on the hill of Calvary and is the start of the breaking and giving to all the people in the congregation.
#BREAKING or "Fraction" (meaning breaking). It both signifies that Jesus' body was broken for us on the hill of Calvary and is the start of the breaking and giving to all the people in the congregation.
#the COMMUNION (that is, the distribution of the blessed Bread and Wine to the congregation). The term "Communion" here is reserved for this particular part of the service. This corresponds to the portion of the already sacrificed offering which was given to the worshiper and to the priest in the Jewish Tabernacle and the Temple (Leviticus 6:14–7:36). In the Roman Catholic Church the blessed bread is usually unleavened, as was the Matzah of the Passover, perpetuating the link with Jewish practice, and for convenience, is usually small wafers. In the Orthodox Church, the bread is a loaf of bread (intermingled with the wine in the Chalice), copying the symbolism of the Apostle Paul that as the loaf is one, so we who partake are one.
#the COMMUNION (that is, the distribution of the blessed Bread and Wine to the congregation). The term "Communion" here is reserved for this particular part of the service. This corresponds to the portion of the already sacrificed burnt offering which was given to the worshiper and to the priest in the Jewish Tabernacle and the Temple as food from the altar consecrated to God to be eaten by them as holy (Leviticus 6:14–7:36; Hebrews 13:10-15). In the Roman Catholic Church the blessed bread is usually unleavened, as was the Matzah of the Passover, perpetuating the link with Jewish practice, and for convenience, is usually small wafers. In the Orthodox Church, the bread is a loaf of bread (intermingled with the wine in the Chalice), copying the symbolism of the Apostle Paul that as the loaf is one, so we who partake are one.
These churches believe that their Eucharists are not only a fulfillment and continuation of what the Lord did and commanded at the [[Last Supper]], but also as a continuation and fulfillment of those events in the Gospels that portray this fourfold pattern and mention it. Christ took the bread and blessed it while looking to heaven. The miracle takes place. Also, the Lord was seen in the "breaking" of the bread at Emmaus.
These churches believe that their Eucharists are not only a fulfillment and continuation of what the Lord did and commanded at the [[Last Supper]], but also as a continuation and fulfillment of those events in the Gospels that portray this fourfold pattern and mention it. Christ took the bread and blessed it while looking to heaven. The miracle takes place. Also, the Lord was seen in the "breaking" of the bread at Emmaus.