4B: Eucharist Flashcards
What is eucharist also known as?
Holy communion, mass, Lords supper
What happened in the last supper?
Jesus shared a meal with his disciples. took bread and wine: bread is Jesus’ body. wine is Jesus’ blood
1 Corinthians 11:27: “for as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim…
the lord’s death until he comes”
What do Christians do to remember Jesus?
drink wine and eat bread
What do Christians believe the wine and bread symbolise?
Christ’s body and blood, some even believe it becomes his body and blood (transubstantiation)
What is eucharist?
- the physical reenactment of jesus’ last supper with his disciples
- a meal which has the real presence of Jesus
- a symbolic reminder of god’s love for humankind
- a memorial of Jesus’ last hours on earth
- a fellowship or communion of christian’s and between them and god
- a celebration of Jesus’ resurrection and of the Christians life with him
What is transubstantiation?
the bread and wine change into the actual body and blood of Jesus when consecrated by an ordained Priest
Quote about transubstantiation from the Fourth Lateran Council
“his body and blood are truly contained in the sacrament… the bread and wine having been transubstantiated, by god’s power, into his body and blood”
What term for transubstantiation does the orthodox church prefer to use?
transclementation and re-ordination
What does the orthodox church view the change in transclementation as?
a ‘divine mystery’
- what they consume is mysteriously the body and blood of Christ, not real human flesh and blood
Who challenged the doctrine of substantiation?
Protestant Reformers
Which council reaffirmed the doctrine of substantiation?
The Council of Trent (1551)
Who also reaffirmed the doctrine of substantiation?
Pope Paul VI’s ‘Mysterium Fidei’ (1965)
Who put forward the idea of transignification?
Edward Schillebeeckx
What is transignification?
the belief that Christ is sacramentally, but not physically, present in the consecrated bread and wine
What is believed to happen in transignification when the bread and wine is consecrated?
it takes on the real significance of Christ’s body and blood, but are not chemically changed
What are the 2 kinds of presence in transignification?
local and personal
example: pupils may be “locally” present in a class but if their thoughts are far away, then they are not personally present
Who put forward the idea of transfinalisation?
Karl Rahner