Eucharist

Meeting Jesus in the Sacraments "The Sacraments are not mere appearances, they are not rituals; they are the power of Christ; Jesus Christ is present in the Sacraments”(Francis). The Seven Sacraments are Baptism, Confirmation, the Eucharist, Reconciliation, Anointing of the Sick, Holy Matrimony, and Holy Orders. Pope Francis shows that the seven sacraments are more than just words, they are actions that as Catholics we must execute. Pope Francis exhibits how they are more than observations;…

bread” that was the ultimate in worship. They considered that the most important part. In these early days those who had not been baptized were not allowed communion. Services would be held and before the part of the service called the Agape and Eucharist took place the catechumens were asked to leave. Catechumens were those preparing to be baptized which took years learn all they needed to know. They were made to learn all that Jews knew before they were baptized. Not just a confession of…

The Eucharistic Dove (ca, 1215-35) is a suspended dove, stylized in typical Byzantine manner. During this period, Christian influence spread across the Roman conquered world and lead to the crusades, a series of holy wars began in the name of Christianity. These strong religious convictions that defined the time were represented in art of the day, famously finished in copper and heavy with ornate detail. One might quickly identify the period and suspect that because the artist depicted an animal…

the religion and find connection to God. Although the three religions have different rituals, they all set aside a time to devote their selves to God. In this paper I will argue that the Jewish Sabbath, Muslim Ramadan, and Christian performance of Eucharist are all setting a time where the followers of these religion could perform rituals to feel connected to God. Judaism takes forth the importance of time directly from the Book of Genesis.…

kneeled and confessed. The father held the grail filled with bread and came beyond the table, which is a symbolic of the beginning of the ritual. Then the followers came to the front of the father and stood in a line. The first step is to give the eucharist. The first row stood the line to get the bread and the second row stood up after the first row finished. The whole room is in silence except the father kept saying “God bless you”. People who got the bread step to the left side where there…

On August 23, 2015 I attend a local Maysville church not far from where I live to complete the church visitation assignment. I choose to attend Grants Creek Missionary Baptist Church, because it is located in a quaint building out in the country and not to mention a different denomination than myself. This church is of a Baptist denomination, which is unique because it is the denomination of Campbell University. I thought this project would be a great opportunity for me to become more diverse…

church. If there were different groups with different doctrines and ideas, control and complete authority would be difficult. Some of the Canons concerned confession, the partaking of the Eucharist and last rites. Everyone within the age of reason must confess their sins and do penance. Receiving the Eucharist was required, at least at Easter. A priest found guilty of not fulfilling his duties would lose his office and be sent to a monastery for life. Doctors must call a priest to give…

At the beginning of the film, Oscar Romero was presented as a bookworm who lived more in his own world than in the real world. He based most of his understanding of the world off of the things he had read in books. Romero also shows his belief that the church should be separate from state, when he stays in the car when himself and another priest go to help people who had been stopped by the military on there way to the voting polls. As the movie progresses he is shown transforming into a more…

responded. Similarly, there was more than one prayer that was said out loud from memory. Another ritual in the Catholic church that does not carry over into many Protestant churches is kneeling in the pews during certain times of prayer. Likewise, the Eucharist, or communion, in Catholic Mass was another ritual I was unfamiliar with. Though I have participated in communions in Protestant churches for much of my life, I had never seen it happen the way it did in Mass. Every person participating…

known to spend a lot of their time praying to Mary, where the Lutheran Church doesn 't follow in this. Although both Catholics and Lutherans take a sacrament to have the Eucharist during their mass, the Lutherans refer to this as, “The Lord’s Supper”. The Catholic Church consists of seven sacraments, Baptism, Holy Communion (Eucharist), Penance, Confirmation, Marriage, Holy Orders and Anointing of the Sick. Where the Lutheran Church has only two sacraments of Baptism and Holy Communion. One of…