The Lord's Supper Flashcards
After baptism, the Lord’s Supper became one of the most important aspects of NT …
worship
During the NT period, the Lord’s Supper appears to have been not a liturgy in the modern sense, but an actual …, or a portion of one, shared by members of the Christian community.”
meal
It was considered a covenant meal that paralleled the covenant meal shared by Moses and elders of Israel.When Jesus instituted the “new covenant” he declared that the bread and the cup were the representations of his … and …
body
blood
So it was an anticipation of Jesus’ death on the cross when his body would be broken and his blood spilled. The Lord’s Supper seems to have replaced the Passover and is why sacrificial language came to be used with respect to the … …
Lord’s Supper
Holy Communion speaks to our … with God. The covenant relationship God made with Abraham was est. through animal blood. Now we are under the new covenant in Christ’s blood, which he poured out for us.
relationship
The frequency of the Lord’s Supper in the first century is difficult to determine. “On the first day of when we met to break bread” gives the hint that a … celebration would have been likely in most NT churches.
weekly
About 155 A. D., Justin Martyr, in Rome describes the Eucharist as occurring “on the day called Sunday.” … is the Greek word for “giving thanks” The early church was soon using the term Eucharist to indicate …
Eucharist
communion
During the Middle Ages, the eucharist provided the most common form of public worship which they attended on Sundays and a multitude of feast days. For various reasons, most people began to receive communion … frequently.
less
“Worship in the middle ages” according to Hustad, “retained the NT essentials in content, but lost its evangelical spirit in a distortion of the … of the Eucharist.”
theology
In the 12th century, …, the term to describe what Christians believe they experience in the Eucharist (the bread and wine become the actual body of Christ) began to be used
transubstantiation
During the middle ages, “Popular piety” according to White, “always seemed to prefer … to philosophical explanations.”
miraculous
The medieval period saw significant changes int he pastoral rites. The … became more and more essential and the priests came to acquire power and control over both penance and healing.
clergy
The church fathers increasingly based their theology on OT traditions more than on the New Covenant, leading to serious … of 1st-century worship concepts, particularly in relation to the Lord’s Supper. Eventually, most folks participated only once a year, as they were obliged to do.
distortion
