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    refers to the act by which the Eucharist is received. Blessed Sacrament is a devotional term used in the Catholic Church to refer to the Eucharistic species...
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    present. The Catholic Church states that the Eucharist is the body and blood of Christ under the species of bread and wine. It maintains that by the consecration...
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    In Christianity, a Eucharistic miracle is any miracle involving the Eucharist. The Roman Catholic, Lutheran, Oriental Orthodox, Eastern Orthodox, Moravian...
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    then, as now – showed the Presence in the tabernacle. Since the Second Vatican Council, the Catholic church has made Eucharistic exposition and benediction...
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    The Mass is the central liturgical service of the Eucharist in the Catholic Church, in which bread and wine are consecrated and become the body and blood...
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    First Communion (category Eucharist in the Catholic Church)
    ceremony in some Christian traditions during which a person of the church first receives the Eucharist. It is most common in many parts of the Latin Church tradition...
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  • of communion with the Catholic Church Eucharist in the Catholic Church, also called Holy Communion Koinonia Catholic (term) This disambiguation page...
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    Real Presence of the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of Jesus in the elements of the Eucharist; it is observed by the Latin Church, in addition to certain...
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    Transubstantiation (category Eucharist in the Catholic Church)
    metaphysics. The Roman Catholic Church teaches that, in the Eucharistic offering, bread and wine are changed into the body and blood of Christ. The affirmation...
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    Words of Institution (category Eucharist in the Catholic Church)
    Christian Churches explicitly include the Words of Institution in their Eucharistic celebrations, and consider them necessary for the validity of the sacrament...
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    the eucharist between the Chaldean Catholic Church and the Assyrian Church of the East, overcoming the issue of the lack of words of Institution in the...
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    The real presence of Christ in the Eucharist is the Christian doctrine that Jesus Christ is present in the Eucharist, not merely symbolically or metaphorically...
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    From the 1979 Book of Common Prayer of the Episcopal Church in the United States: The Holy Eucharist is the sacrament commanded by Christ for the continual...
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    initiation (into the Catholic Church and the mystical body of Christ), consisting of Baptism, Confirmation, and the Eucharist; the sacraments of healing...
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    with the rite of the dedication of a church", and "the eucharist, which sanctifies the hearts of those who receive it, in a sense consecrates the altar...
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    The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.378 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2021...
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    locked box in which the Eucharist (consecrated communion hosts) is stored as part of the "reserved sacrament" rite. A container for the same purpose...
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    Infant communion (category Eucharist in the Catholic Church)
    Infant communion refers to the practice of giving the Eucharist, often in the form of consecrated wine mingled with consecrated bread, to young children...
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    Intinction (category Eucharist in the Catholic Church)
    Intinction is the Eucharistic practice of partly dipping the consecrated bread, or host, into the consecrated wine before consumption by the communicant...
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  • The Year of the Eucharist is the name of the liturgical year from October 2004 to October 2005, as celebrated by Catholics worldwide. On June 10, 2004...
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  • the Eucharist, Penance, the Anointing of the Sick, Holy Orders and Matrimony. The Catholic Church teaches that "The desire for God is written in the human...
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  • Ecclesia de Eucharistia (category Eucharist in the Catholic Church)
    Eucharistia (The Church from the Eucharist) is an encyclical by Pope John Paul II published on April 17, 2003. Its title, as is customary, is taken from the opening...
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  • development Eucharist in the Catholic Church Eucharist (band), a death metal band from Sweden This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title...
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    other eastern churches not in communion with the pope, some Eastern Catholic jurisdictions admit members of the latter to the Eucharist and the other sacraments...
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    of the Black Mass, both in ostensibly historical works and in fiction. In the Catholic Church, the transubstantiation of the Eucharist means the "body...
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    Holy Communion in the Catholic Church is, under the 1983 Code of Canon Law, "an acolyte, or another of Christ's faithful deputed", in certain extraordinary...
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  • Canon 915 (category Eucharist in the Catholic Church)
    from the reception of the Divine Eucharist". In general, Catholics who approach for Holy Communion have the right to receive the Eucharist, unless the law...
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    Mass is the main Eucharistic liturgical service in many forms of Western Christianity. The term Mass is commonly used in the Catholic Church, Western Rite...
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    The Anaphora is the most solemn part of the Eucharistic liturgies, such as the Divine Liturgy or the Mass, which serves as a thanksgiving prayer by virtue...
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    doctrinal statement about the Eucharist, although its interpretation varies among churches of the Anglican Communion and in different traditions of churchmanship...
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