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The Last Supper of Jesus
Church teaching places the origin of the Eucharist in the Last Supper of Jesus with his disciples, at which he is believed to have taken bread and given it to his disciples, telling them to eat of it, because it was his body, and to have taken a cup and given it to his disciples, telling them to drink of it because it was the cup of the covenant in his blood -
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The Eucharist-Beliefs
The two main beliefs that Catholics follow is that the bread and the wine become the actual flesh and blood of Jesus Christ. This belief is known as transubstantiation as well as some Christians believe that the Holy Communion is a re-enactment or commemoration of the Last Supper. -
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The Eucharist - Symbols
The Eucharist involves bread and wine. The Eucharist bread is the staple food of the spiritual life, representing Jesus's body. The wine represents Jesus's blood, shed for the forgiveness of sins. -
The Eucharist - Changes
It has mostly stayed the same over the years, however it was forgotten about for a while, but was to come back in the 19th and 20th century for a more traditional edition of mass -
The Eucharist - Participation
Participation is important to Catholics and has been for a long time as they believe that participating in the sacrament of communion to commemorate all that Jesus did for us and getting nailed to a cross so that we can be free from sin and have eternal life in heaven.