Christians teachings about the Lord’s Supper

  • The Lord’s Supper was inaugurated by Jesus
  • It celebrates Jesus’ death and resurrection/ memorial of the crucified and risen Christ ( Anamnesis).
  • The Lord’s supper is a gift from the lord
  • It is a sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving
  • It is the Church’s effective proclamation of God’s mighty acts and promises
  • It is a sign of the unity of the church/ believers
  • It is the new Paschal meal of the church/ the meal of the new covenant which Christ gave to his disciple
  • It is a sacramental meal which by visible signs communities God’s love in Jesus Christ/sacrament of Christ’s real presence
  • The bread is a symbol of the body of Christ which was crucified
  • The wine/ cup is a symbol of his blood which was shed/ blood of the new covenant.
  • It is a foretaste of Christ’s poising and of the final kingdom/ symbolic of the heavenly banquets
  • It is central to Christian worship/ Eucharistic.