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Lord’s Supper. Eucharist. Communion. Sacrament. Ordinance. Regardless of the many titles used to refer to the Christian meal, it is a central focus in Christian worship. While it’s the meal that should unite us as followers of Christ, it sometimes appears we can't even agree on what to call it, let alone how we might share a common theological view of its significance. Even if we cannot reach...

ontology.10 However, Catholics will tenaciously hold to the faith that Christ is given to us freely by the marvelous initiative of God, by the power of the Holy Spirit. Any hint of a mere human work of memory or reductionistic exclusion of God’s objective action in the Supper will be rejected. While the Council of Trent does not require the term transubstantiation, it condemns those who would reject its use by Catholics. Relationship to Christ’s once-and-for-all sacrifice. In the teaching of the
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