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"'''Real presence'''" is the term used to describe the [[Christian]] belief that [[Jesus Christ]] is in some way present in the [[Eucharist]], the memorial of the [[Last Supper]] (also known as Holy Communion and the Lord's Supper).   

"'''Real presence'''" is the term used to describe the [[Christian]] belief that [[Jesus Christ]] is in some way present in the [[Eucharist]], the memorial of the [[Last Supper]] (also known as Holy Communion and the Lord's Supper).   

There are many different views of the Eucharist, ranging from a total transformation of the Eucharistic elements of bread and wine into the body and blood of Jesus ([[transubstantiation]] - the view of the Catholic Church) to that recognizing simultaneously the body and blood of Christ in the bread and wine (sacramental union - the view of the Lutheran Church), to a totally symbolic view found largely in [[Anabaptist]] and nondenominational Christian circles.  

There are many different views of the Eucharist, ranging from a total transformation of the Eucharistic elements of bread and wine into the body and blood of Jesus ([[transubstantiation]] - the view of the Catholic Church) to that recognizing simultaneously the body and blood of Christ in the bread and wine (sacramental union - the view of the Lutheran Church), to a totally symbolic view found largely in [[Anabaptist]], [[Restorationist]] and nondenominational Christian circles.  

== Specific Eucharistic Doctrines ==

== Specific Eucharistic Doctrines ==

=== Memorialism ===

=== Memorialism ===

[[Anabaptist]] and Nondenominational Christianity: The Lord's Supper is simply a symbol and a memorial of the Last Supper by which worshipers remember Christ's body and blood given up on the Cross. It is not a re-presentation of the sacrifice of the Cross—which is believed to have been accomplished once—nor is it a literal sharing in Christ's physical body or blood, soul and divinity "''partakers of the divine nature''" 2 Peter 1:4 KJV.

[[Anabaptist]], [[Restorationist]] and Nondenominational Christianity: The Lord's Supper is simply a symbol and a memorial of the Last Supper by which worshipers remember Christ's body and blood given up on the Cross. It is not a re-presentation of the sacrifice of the Cross—which is believed to have been accomplished once—nor is it a literal sharing in Christ's physical body or blood, soul and divinity "''partakers of the divine nature''" 2 Peter 1:4 KJV.

==Real Presence gradations of understanding within the Catholic, Lutheran and Orthodox traditions==

==Real Presence gradations of understanding within the Catholic, Lutheran and Orthodox traditions==