• εἶπεν — SBLGNT
• εἶπεν — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
• + Λάβετε φάγετε — Robinson-Pierpont

• ὑμῶν — SBLGNT
• ὑμῶν — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
• + κλώμενον — Robinson-Pierpont

§1328The inexhaustible richness of this sacrament is expressed in the different names we give it. Each name evokes certain aspects of it. It is called: Eucharist, because it is an action of thanksgiving to God. the Greek words eucharistein139 and eulogein140 recall the Jewish blessings that proclaim - especially during a meal - God's works: creation, redemption, and sanctification.

§1329The Lord's Supper, because of its connection with the supper which the Lord took with his disciples on the eve of his Passion and because it anticipates the wedding feast of the Lamb in the heavenly Jerusalem.141 The Breaking of Bread, because Jesus used this rite, part of a Jewish meat when as master of the table he blessed and distributed the bread,142 above all at the Last S…

§1339Jesus chose the time of Passover to fulfill what he had announced at Capernaum: giving his disciples his Body and his Blood: Then came the day of Unleavened Bread, on which the passover lamb had to be sacrificed. So Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, "Go and prepare the passover meal for us, that we may eat it...." They went ... and prepared the passover. and when the hour came…

§105Therefore, they are to be praised who, with the idea of getting the Christian people to take part more easily and more fruitfully in the Mass, strive to make them familiar with the "Roman Missal," so that the faithful, united with the priest, may pray together in the very words and sentiments of the Church. They also are to be commended who strive to make the liturgy even in an…

§118But the desire of Mother Church does not stop here. For since by feasting upon the bread of angels we can by a "sacramental" communion, as we have already said, also become partakers of the sacrifice, she repeats the invitation to all her children individually, "Take and eat. . . Do this in memory of Me"[105] so that "we may continually experience within us the fruit of our red…

Sacraments ordained of Christ be not only badges or tokens of Christian men's profession, but rather they be certain sure witnesses and effectual signs of grace and God's good will towards us, by the which he doth work invisibly in us, and doth not only quicken, but also strengthen and confirm, our faith in him.

The Supper of the Lord is not only a sign of the love that Christians ought to have among themselves one to another, but rather is a sacrament of our redemption by Christ's death: insomuch that to such as rightly, worthily, and with faith, receive the same, the bread which we break is a partaking of the body of Christ; and likewise the cup of blessing is a partaking of the bloo…

Breaking one and the same bread, which is the medicine of immortality, and the antidote to prevent us from dying, but which causes that we should live for ever in Jesus Christ.

They abstain from the Eucharist and from prayer, because they confess not the Eucharist to be the flesh of our Saviour Jesus Christ, which suffered for our sins, and which the Father, of His goodness, raised up again. Those, therefore, who speak against this gift of God, incur death in the midst of their disputes.

Now concerning the Eucharist, give thanks this way. First, concerning the cup: We thank thee, our Father, for the holy vine of David Thy servant, which Thou madest known to us through Jesus Thy Servant; to Thee be the glory for ever. And concerning the broken bread: We thank Thee, our Father, for the life and knowledge which Thou madest known to us through Jesus Thy Servant; to…

In the same manner as we have heard regarding Holy Baptism, we must speak also of the other Sacrament, namely, these three points: What is it? What are its benefits? and Who is to receive it? And all these are established by the words by which Christ has instituted it, and which every one who desires to be a Christian and go to the Sacrament should know. For it is our intention…

What is the Sacrament of the Altar? It is the true body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ under the bread and wine, instituted by Christ Himself for us Christians to eat and to drink. Where is this written? The holy Evangelists Matthew, Mark, Luke, and St. Paul write thus: Our Lord Jesus Christ, the same night in which He was betrayed, took bread; and when He had given thanks,…

In the first place, the holy Synod teaches and openly and simply professes that in the august sacrament of the holy Eucharist, after the consecration of the bread and wine, our Lord Jesus Christ, true God and man, is truly, really, and substantially contained under the species of those sensible things.

And because that Christ our Redeemer declared that which He offered under the species of bread to be truly His own body, therefore has it ever been a firm belief in the Church of God, and this holy Synod doth now declare it anew, that by the consecration of the bread and of the wine a conversion is made of the whole substance of the bread into the substance of the body of Chris…

Greater offence I know not than that one does not allow priests to have lawful wives but permits them to hire concubines. The mass is not a sacrifice but is a remembrance of the sacrifice and assurance of the salvation which Christ has given us. Christ, having sacrificed Himself once, is to eternity a certain and valid sacrifice for the sins of all faithful.

The sacraments are signs of a sacred thing, namely of grace already given. They do not confer grace but testify that grace has been given. Baptism is the sign of initiation by which we pledge ourselves to a new life. The Eucharist is a thanksgiving and remembrance, not a repetition of Christ's sacrifice. The body of Christ is not locally present in the elements.

Q. How does the Lord's Supper remind you and assure you that you share in Christ's one sacrifice on the cross and in all his gifts? A. In this way: Christ has commanded me and all believers to eat this broken bread and to drink this cup. With this command he gave this promise: First, as surely as I see with my eyes the bread of the Lord broken for me and the cup given to me, so…

Q. Where does Christ promise to nourish and refresh believers with his body and blood as surely as they eat this broken bread and drink this cup? A. In the institution of the Lord's Supper: The Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, This is my body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of me. In the same way…

We believe and confess that our Savior Jesus Christ has ordained and instituted the sacrament of the Holy Supper to nourish and sustain those who are already regenerated and ingrafted into his family, which is his church. Now those who are born again have two lives in them. The one is physical and temporal—they have it from the moment of their first birth, and it is common to a…

God added sacraments to the Word of his Gospel, to confirm the promises of the Gospel. For as he once by the rainbow gave assurance to Noah and his posterity that the world would not be destroyed by the flood, so by the sacraments he assures his people that the salvation which he has spoken of is truly present. We acknowledge two sacraments which God has instituted in his Word:…

The Supper of the Lord (which is called the Lord's Table, and the Eucharist, that is, a Thanksgiving) is ordinarily administered in the congregations of the saints, that in it the death of Christ may be held in memory, and his coming again expected, according to his own ordinance: "Do this in remembrance of me; for as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim …

We believe that there are in the Church Evangelical Mysteries [i.e. Sacraments], and that they are seven. For a less or greater number of the Mysteries we have not in the Church; since any number of the Mysteries other than seven hath no foundation in Scripture, or in the Doctors and Councils of the Church. And these seven are as follows: Baptism, Confirmation (Chrismation), th…

We believe Holy Baptism, which was instituted by the Lord, who said, "Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God" (John 3:5), to be necessary for salvation. For without it none is able to be saved. Baptism confers the remission of original and actual sin. Infants also, since they too are under original sin, and without Baptism are n…

Sacraments ordained of Christ are not only badges or tokens of Christian men's profession, but rather they are certain signs of grace, and God's good will toward us, by which He doth work invisibly in us, and doth not only quicken, but also strengthen and confirm, our faith in Him.

The Supper of the Lord is not only a sign of the love that Christians ought to have among themselves one to another, but rather is a sacrament of our redemption by Christ's death; insomuch that, to such as rightly, worthily, and with faith receive the same, the bread which we break is a partaking of the body of Christ; and likewise the cup of blessing is a partaking of the bloo…

The Formula affirms the real, substantial presence of Christ's true body and blood in, with, and under the bread and wine, received by all communicants — believers unto blessing, unbelievers unto judgment. This is not transubstantiation (a change of substance) but a sacramental union. It denies that the Supper is merely symbolic or that Christ's body is present only spiritually…

Luther declares the Mass as practiced by Rome to be the greatest and most horrible abomination, standing in direct conflict with the chief article. The Mass is not a sacrifice offered to God for the living and the dead, but the Lord's Supper is a gift from God to be received in faith. Christ offered Himself once for all; the repetition of His sacrifice in the Mass denies the su…

Sacraments are signs and testimonies of God's will toward us, instituted to awaken and confirm faith. There are properly three sacraments: Baptism, the Lord's Supper, and Absolution (though the latter lacks a visible sign). The sacraments are effective not by the mere performance of the rite (ex opere operato) but when received in faith. God uses external signs to offer and con…

The two Sacraments ordained by Christ Himself — Baptism and the Supper of the Lord — ministered with unfailing use of Christ's words of institution, and of the elements ordained by Him.

We believe that the Lord's Supper is a provision of bread and wine, as symbols of Christ's broken body and shed blood, to be observed by His disciples until the end of the world; in no sense is it a sacrifice, but designed to commemorate His death, to confirm the faith and other graces of Christians, and to be a bond, pledge, and renewal of their communion with Him and of their…

Gregory teaches that the bread of the Eucharist becomes the body of Christ by the power of the Word. Just as bread eaten by Christ during His earthly life was transformed into His body, so the eucharistic bread is sanctified by the Word of God and changed into the body of Christ. "I am the living bread that came down from heaven."

In the Eucharist, the bread and wine are truly changed into the body and blood of Christ by the invocation of the Holy Spirit. What appears to the senses as bread is no longer mere bread but the body of Christ; what appears as wine is His precious blood. Cyril appeals to Christ's own words — "This is my body" — and to John 6, where Christ declares that His flesh is true food. T…

Before the words of consecration, what is on the altar is bread; after the words of Christ are spoken, it is the body of Christ. The consecration is accomplished by the words of the Lord Himself — "This is my body." If the word of the Lord Jesus is powerful enough to bring into existence things that did not exist, how much more can it change things that already exist into somet…