2007-06-30 05:45:53 · 7 answers · asked by browneyedgirl 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Please cite where you got your answer. Thanks for your help.
2007-06-30 05:54:05 · update #1
Eucharist means "thanksgiving."
Among the early Christian writings outside of the NT the Didache, the letters of Ignatius of Antioch, and Justin Martyr's Apology deserve to be studied as witnesses to the Lord's Supper. In these writings the technical term for the Lord's Supper is eucharistia...a word which took the lead in Christian tradition for a long time and which is still, as in the past, dominant in Catholic circles.
Eucharist is an ancient term derived from the Greek word eucaris, which literally means “good grace” or “good gift.” This is usually translated in the Scriptural texts as “thanksgiving.” This term has come to mean that the sacrament is a means of grace given as a gift to the Church, for which we extend our thanks to God. The term thus counterbalances notions that the rite is simply a morbid recollection of Christ’s brutal death, and its connection with Scripture and with history makes it perhaps the most ecumenical as well as the most favorable term to use.
2007-06-30 06:04:25 · answer #1 · answered by Misty 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The word "Eucharist" means "thanksgiving". The Lord's Supper is a meal of thanksgiving, for it was a sacrifice; Christ's perfect sacrifice for all of us.
The institution of the Eucharist at the Last Supper can be found in Matthew 26:26-28, Mark 14:22-24, Luke 22:19-20 and 1 Corinthians. 11:23-26.
2007-06-30 12:58:16 · answer #2 · answered by tebone0315 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Actually it refers to the bread and wine consecrated as his flesh and blood. The thing is this happened at the last supper, but the eucharist is the host. Literally the favour, or to show the favour.
2007-06-30 12:53:14 · answer #3 · answered by ? 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I believe you may have to ask a Catholic about that....their Pope said it was so, so it was. It is still the Lord's last supper to me.
Peace be with you :)
2007-06-30 12:49:34 · answer #4 · answered by ForeverSet 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
About 300-AD... and Only by the Catholic Church!
Christians call it .... The Lord's Supper!
And follow the Bible Mandates when partaking!
(1Corinthians 11:23-to-32) For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread:
(1Co 11:24) And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me.
(1Co 11:25) After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me.
(1Co 11:26) For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come.
(1Co 11:27) Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.
(1Co 11:28) But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup.
(1Co 11:29) For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body.
(1Co 11:30) For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep.
(1Co 11:31) For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged.
(1Co 11:32) But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world.
Thanks, RR
2007-06-30 12:50:57 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Not a clue. Probably just a word Catholics made up. They make up a lot of words and useless traditions that are not endorsed by Jesus.
2007-06-30 12:48:45 · answer #6 · answered by likewhatever 2 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Catholics have used that term for eons! same meaning
2007-06-30 12:49:30 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋