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Origin of the Eucharist
The Last Supper is the know origin of the Eucharist, where Jesus took bread and told his disciples to eat it, as it was his body, and drink from this cup full of wine, as it is my blood. -
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Symbols of the Eucharist
Symbols of the Eucharist include the bread and wine, which symbolize the body and blood of Christ. The bread also symbolizes the nourishment of the spiritual life as the body of Christ and the wine can also symbolize the nourishment of life in many cultures and so by drink the wine you are drink the blood of Christ and your spiritual life is nourished. -
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Beliefs of the Eucharist
It is believed that the Eucharist is the most important ritual in a liturgy and in participating in this ritual we gather as a community and thank Christ for the ultimate sacrifice he made for humanity. As through the celebrating and praying of this sacrament the image of Jesus kept alive. -
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Paul's Letter to the Corinthians
Saint Paul wrote a letter to the Corinthians during the First Century around 55AD and wrote about the early Eucharist and the “breaking of the bread” as it was then called, was central to the life and identity of the early Christian communities that were scattered around the Middle East. -
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The Ceremony of the Eucharist is Changed
Originally the ceremony included a meal or feast similar to that of The Last Supper, however during the Third Century the meal was dropped completely from the ceremony. -
1474
The First Roman Missal is Written and Printed
The Roman Missal is the book of Western Church with the rubrics need to celebrate mass and the giving of Eucharist. -
1545
Council of Trent
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Period: 1545 to 1563
Council of Trent Acknowledges and Accepts the Sacrament of the Eucharist
The Council of Trent acknowledges and accepts all sacraments originating from Jesus Christ, including the sacrament of the Eucharist, detailing the sacrament as "the change of the whole substance of bread into the substance of the Body of Christ and of the whole substance of wine into the substance of the Blood of Christ." -
Period: 1550 to
The First Passover
God asked the Israelites to sacrifice a lamb, and sprinkle its blood on their doorposts. That night, when the angel of death struck down the first born of the families of Egypt, the Hebrew families, with the blood of the lamb on their doorposts, were spared. They gathered with Moses to begin the long journey to freedom, wearing clothes for the journey and carrying unleavened bread (bread without yeast) along with the remains of the lamb they had sacrificed (Exodus 12:1–14). -
1570
Pius V Missal
A new Missal was appointed by Pope Pius V and soon this book was made mandatory through out the religion. This book similar to the Roman Missal contained the rubrics and standards, basic instructions, on how to celebrate mass and the giving of Eucharist. -
Third Edition of the Roman Missal
A third edition of the Roman Missal was published, containing the same information as the 1st and 2nd editions.
