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Etymologies

  1. Middle English eukarist, from Old French eucariste, from Late Latin eucharistia, from Greek eukharistiā, from eukharistos, grateful, thankful : eu-, eu- + kharizesthai, to show favor (from kharis, grace; see gher-2 in Indo-European roots).

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  • “Christ's constant bodily presence was not to be expected here in this world; it was expedient that he should go away; his real presence in the eucharist is a fond and groundless conceit, and contradicts what he here said, Me ye have not always.”

    Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume V (Matthew to John)

  • “Of course - just to clarify, I do believe in transubstantiation, and that the eucharist is not symbolic.”

    Matthew Yglesias » Did Haiti Form a Pact With the Devil?

  • “The word eucharist is the Greek word meaning "thanksgiving" which is used as a title for either the liturgy of the Mass or for the Communion elements themselves.”

    Goofy religious lingo

  • “Much of the doctrine and duty of the eucharist is illustrated to us by the law of the passover (Exod. xii.); for the”

    Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume V (Matthew to John)

  • “The day and time in which he had this vision: it was the Lord's day, the day which Christ had separated and set apart for himself, as the eucharist is called the Lord's supper.”

    Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation)

  • “Humility, self-restraint, asceticism, patience, solitude, love of Jesus, prayer, and a diligent use of the sacramental grace of the eucharist are the means recommended to form the character of the perfect Christian.”

    The Age of the Reformation

  • “They abstain from the eucharist and from prayer, because they confess not that the eucharist is the flesh of our Saviour Jesus Christ, which suffered for our sins, and which the Father, of His goodness, raised up again.”

    A Source Book for Ancient Church History

  • “The sacrament of the eucharist is a symbol of _all_ our religion; -- it is the life of man.”

    Specimens of the Table Talk of Samuel Taylor Coleridge

  • “Augustine certainly did not teach that the sacrifice of the eucharist was the same as the sacrifice of Calvary.”

    Reformation Theology

  • “The chalice used during the celebration of the eucharist was the same as used by Australian soldiers at Gallipoli and the Somme during World War I.”

    Gates of Vienna

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