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The theology of John Zizioulas presents a beautiful vision of the church as Eucharistic communion, in which human persons both are gathered into Jesus Christ and are sent back into the world. In his previous books, Zizioulas focused on the way this communion is related to the communion of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, which calls us to understand being as communion and provides the only...

All these elements are obviously part of the ritual Passover meal, which means that we cannot understand the original structure of the Eucharist if we do not recognize its essential role in salvation history—its role in the history of God’s chosen people, Israel. However, this structure also has several elements that make the Last Supper a meal which, by its eschatological nature, transcends history. Let us study some of these elements. First, and negatively, we should note that the New Testament
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