Eucharist

kingdom and the new world that God has promised is already here through the resurrection of Jesus. Living for the future is about understanding the biblical roots of the Christian hope and reshaping the way we do church by means of prayer, scripture, Eucharist and…

pious monk a jolt was the revival of Antiquity—financed, abetted, and fostered by the Papacy. Of paganism Luther had until his dying days a real profound horror. After three days of hotly debating with Martin Luther in Marburg the nature of the Eucharist, Huldreich Zwingli, the Swiss Reformer, gripped Luther's hands and said: "Here we're fighting. Doctor Martinus, but, thank God, one nice day we both will be dead and then in Heaven we shall know the Truth, walking with the great sages,…

factor between the Catholics and Protestants. The Catholic Church accepted seven sacraments versus the two sacraments Protestants accepted. Some examples of the issues the Council of Trent dealt with included transubstantiation (which deals with the eucharist and what is actually happening to the bread and wine), saintly intercession (meaning you can pray to saints), the idea that purgatory exists, and holy relics (which refers to the bones of saints). On the subject of transubstantiation, the…

One of the major philosophers from late antiquity is St. Paul, an apostle of Jesus and leader of the early Christian church. He was once known as Saul of Tarsus, and used his background as a Jew and Roman citizen to evangelize to all citizens in Jewish cultures within Roman cities when he became one of the most important writers in scripture and in Church tradition. In his time after Jesus’ death, he ministered to many church communities he formed in Europe and what was then Asia Minor through…

One beautiful aspect of this understanding of the church is the impact it has on worship. When Christians gather for worship, they do so in union with those who are eternally worshiping God. This reality is conveyed in the Book of Common Prayer’s Eucharist when the celebrant declares, “therefore with Angels and Archangels, and with all the company of heaven, we laud and magnify thy glorious Name; evermore praising…

Baptism is a very elaborate rite of passage in anyones life It was considered almost of equal importance to the sacred liturgy of the Eucharist. To realize the huge impact the role of women deacons had made in the ministration and administering of baptism for female catechumens, the ritual has to be explained step by step. The sequence of events could vary from place to place. There were…

For Jews, Christians, and Muslims alike, worship plays a vital role in their daily lives. Worship and ritual can be some of the most effective ways for someone to experience God. In each of these religions, worship is used not only as a means to communicate with God personally, but also as a cultural representation of the faith-believing body itself. Worship is said to “sustain(s) tradition and serve(s) as a medium in which evolving self-understandings of community can be expressed” (JCM 157).…

Creating art is, as some say, the indication of mystery in excellence or God; it is a diversion in which man lets off an overabundance of steam [stored energy]; otherwise it is the outflow of feelings by man’s psyche, and most of all; it is pleasure; however, considering everything, it is a method of social unity amongst mankind; consoling them in similar feelings and forever extending the shared common visual language of the world. Through new visual ideas introduced by artists, categories of…

Calvin taught that God creates a new soul each time a new human being comes into the world. He also taught that all human beings are born under sin. They are completely bound by sin. They are totally corrupt, which means sin has corrupted every aspect of human life. We inherit the sinful nature from our forefathers, and we particularly inherit the guilt of Adam. Thus the infant is designed for eternal punishment except he is a recipient of God’s grace. 8.6. Predestination Calvin defined…

Ruether has shown us that “the heritage of fantasies of world destruction as divine judgment of human evil and at some realities of our actual destructiveness of the earth and its beings” (Ruether 115). Many people in this time lack self-consciousness that allows humans “to stand out from their environment and imagine better alternatives, in relations to which both the natural world and humans society are lacking” (Ruether 115). This paper will explore the three various views of sin and explain…