Eucharist 3

Question 1

What is the Eucharist to Catholics

Answer 1

the ‘blessed’ sacrament
not just recalling events
makes son truly present

Question 2

what is real presence for catholics

Answer 2

Jesus is literally and wholly present, body and blood, soul and divinity, under the appearances of bread and wine, Holy Spirit makes him present

Question 3

what is transubstantiation

Answer 3

when bread and wine are consecrated, they cease to be bread and wine and become the body and blood of christ
appearance doesn’t change, the reality does

Question 4

who and when confirmed transubstantiation or catholicism

Answer 4

the Catechism of the Catholic Church of Trent 1551

became definitive Catholic position

Question 5

when and who was the doctrine of transubstantiation formally defined

Answer 5

by Fourth Lateran Council 1215

Question 6

what does Aquinas think about the idea of transubstantiation

Answer 6

agrees

Question 7

what has happened in the last century for both catholicism and protestantism

Answer 7

some theologians have attempted to reexamine the doctrine of transubstantiation

Question 8

Edaward’s opinion on transubstantiation

Answer 8

Schillebeeckx
sacraments could be seen as signs and symbolic acts and although Christ’s body and blood are not physically present, they are objectively so

Question 9

what happens during consecration for Edward Schillebeeckx

Answer 9

take on real significance of Christ’s body and blood

Question 10

who banned by Edward’s idea and when

Answer 10

Pope Paul VI 1965

Question 11

John (transubstantiation)

Answer 11

6:44

for my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink

Question 12

Matthew (transubstantiation)

Answer 12

26:26

take and eat, this is my body

Question 13

what happens after mass in catholicism

Answer 13

any remaining hosts (communion wafers or bread) are kept in a tabernacle and are used for the sick and dying

Question 14

What are the strengths and weaknesses of catholic take on the eucharist

Answer 14

doesn’t just recall events, makes the son truly present, more than just remembrance
view is older and has been held for longer that protestantism

outdated/failing to modernise/take in new ideas

Question 15

what happened during the protestant reformation (Eucharist)

Answer 15

there was a break from the transubstantiation idea, it was rejected by protestants

Question 16

what does Luther think about transubstantiation

Answer 16

an attempt to rationalise a belief that did not need rationalising

Question 17

what idea did Luther put forwards as opposed to transubstantiation

Answer 17

consubstantiation

Question 18

what is consubstantiation

Answer 18

bread and wine are spiritually the flesh and blood of Jesus, but still actual bread and wine
the bread and wine coexists with the blood and body Christ

Question 19

what and when was the Anglican teaching

Answer 19

laid out in the 39 articles of 1571

consecrated elements were not commanded by Christ

Question 20

what is Anglicanism focused on

Answer 20

the Real Presence, including consubstantiation
the view is that Christ is present in a real, spiritual sense at the Eucharist , through the Holy Spirit
some protestants reject this

Question 21

who is Zwilingi

Answer 21

Protestant reformer

Question 22

what did zwilingi refer to the eucharist as and why

Answer 22

rememberence/memorial
‘this is my body’ (Matthew 26:26) is not to be taken literally
eliminates any idea of real presence

Question 23

what do some Anglicans reject

Answer 23

the idea of real presence

Question 24

why do some Anglicans reject the idea of real presence

Answer 24

they argue for a memorial understanding just to remember what was done

Question 25

what did Zwilingi argue for

Answer 25

transignification

Question 26

what is transignification

Answer 26

bread and wine change their significance during the liturgy, but not their reality or identity

Question 27

What are the strengths and weaknesses of protestant take on the eucharist

Answer 27

more current view
willing to adapt with new findings and ideas in theology
allows more variety of belief e.g. some protestants believe in transubstantiation, some reject it

too many views hard to know which is ‘true’ and could weaken the original point