Eucharist

Question 1

what is the purpose of eucharist?

Answer 1

-reminds people of christs saving actions on the cross
-looks forward to a future union with christ
-deepens the faith and trust felt by the individual
-binds the community of christians together in God’s presence

Question 2

what is eucharistic prayer?

Answer 2

the most solemn part of the service, during which the bread and wine are consecrated as the body and blood of christ

Question 3

transubstantiation

Answer 3

• thomas aquinas
  -change in substance
  -happens after consecration
  -the bread and wine miraculously transform in substance but not appearance into the blood and body of christ
  -after consecration the eucharist contains the real presence of christ

Question 4

what is the churches position on transubstantiation?

Answer 4

-adopted by the fourth lateran council in 1215
-confirmed as catholic dogma by the council of trent in 1551
-reaffirmed at the second vatican council in 1965

Question 5

transignification

Answer 5

-edward schillebeeckx
-means change in significance
-happens after consecration
- the bread and wine do not chemically transform but their significance changes
-after consecration christ is personally present but not locally present

Question 6

what is the position of the church on transignification and transfinalisation?

Answer 6

both were rejected in the papal encyclical Mysterium Fidei in 1965

Question 7

transfinalisation

Answer 7

-karl rahner
-means change in purpose
-happens after consecration
-the final purpose of the bread and wine changes from physical nourishment to spiritual nourishment
- after consecration it contains the spiritual nourishment of christ’s redemptive love

Question 8

what happens in consubstantiation?

Answer 8

• the bread and wine do not miraculously transform in substance after consecration
  -after consecration,the real presence of christ exists alongside the bread and the wine
• the eucharist is not just a symbol it is a mystical event in which there is the real presence of christ

Question 9

what example did luther give to illustrate the sacramental union?

Answer 9

-when an iron poker is put into a fire, it becomes red hot. Both the fire and iron are united in the poker yet remain unchanged

Question 10

what is the catholic churches view of this view?

Answer 10

• it is a heresy
  -condemned at the council of trent in 1551

Question 11

memorialism

Answer 11

-attributed to zwingli
-salvation cannot be conferred throught the eating of the eucharist, only God can confer slavation
-they testify to the grace God has given
- zwingli denies the real presence of christ in the eucharist either through con or transubstantiation
-the bread and wine are symbolic representaions of christs body and blood
- the eucharist it a commemorative ceremont that allows people to remeber his sacrifice

Question 12

what quote backs up memorialism?

Answer 12

luke 22:19 - this is my body which is given for you. do this in rememberance of me

Question 13

what are the similarities between denominations regarding the eucharist?

Answer 13

-central part of worship for almost all christians
-participation in the eucharist deepens relationship with God
-communal activity
-physical reenactment of last supper
-reminder of the promise of the kingdom of God to come