RE Coursework:

Holy Communion and Worship

David Wilson 10E

Candidate Number: 9131

A01

At mass, we as Christians re-create the Last Supper between Jesus and his Disciples before he was crucified. This is a central feature of many churches but it is not so important for many of the 25,000 denominations of Christianity. The Last Supper, which was performed by Jesus, was in fact a Passover meal that Jewish people celebrate to commemorate the escape of Moses and the Jews from Egypt.

The Passover meal was celebrated as normal, but Jesus told his disciples that the bread and wine were in fact his body and blood, which would be sacrificed to save mankind from sin.

The Christian faith has many names for this celebration, which includes Mass, Eucharist, Holy Communion, the Lord’s Supper, Liturgy and the Breaking of The Bread. Whilst the name is different, the belief is the same; it reminds us of Jesus’ sacrifice upon the cross. As well as this one unified idea, the outlook of the various denominations of Christianity varies quite a lot.

In the Catholic Church, the Holy Communion is the main focus of their daily worship.

Catholics celebrate mass the most frequently, at once a day and on all feast days. The Orthodox Church calls their celebration a mass or a liturgy whereas the Roman Catholic Church celebrates it as Eucharist.

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The Catholic Faith believes in a process called Transubstantiation, which is the belief that all things are made of Accidence and Substance. The Catholics believe that the bread and wine change into the body and blood of Jesus Christ, our Lord by changing its Substance. This belief has developed and mass is used to emphasise how sanctified the Mass is to us

In the Roman Catholic Church, the Eucharist is administered by a thin slice of unleavened bread. The priest says ‘The Body of Christ’ and the person receiving the Eucharist replies, ‘Amen’. In the Eastern Orthodox Church, ...

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