Does Lutheran Eucharist remain Body/Blood or revert back to bread/wine?

[Angainor]

Is the treatment of the elements afterward treated similarly throughout the LCMS or is the treatment of the elements afterwards left up to the individual congregation?

I don’t really know. The sacrament occurs at the altar. It is not a concern to the church-goer what happens after the sacrament is over.

I would guess that the answer to your questions are yes and yes.

 

[scottm]

Got an answer back from my deacon buddy at an LCMS church. He talked with the pastor before getting back to me. (Deacons are ordained. It’s akin to the Catholic deaconate.) He says that the hosts don’t become the body/blood until the moment that they are offered to an individual person. The pastor’s prayer at the altar does not affect the transformation yet. It’s still bread and wine until the pastor or his assistant offers it to somebody.

For this reason the leftovers never became the body/blood of Christ, so they can either be discarded or reserved for next time. If discarded, it will be poured into the grass somewhere.

 

[gurneyhalleck1]

I’ve heard the same as well; quite a departure from orthodoxy and history IMO

Got an answer back from my deacon buddy at an LCMS church. He talked with the pastor before getting back to me. (Deacons are ordained. It’s akin to the Catholic deaconate.) He says that the hosts don’t become the body/blood until the moment that they are offered to an individual person. The pastor’s prayer at the altar does not affect the transformation yet. It’s still bread and wine until the pastor or his assistant offers it to somebody.

For this reason the leftovers never became the body/blood of Christ, so they can either be discarded or reserved for next time. If discarded, it will be poured into the grass somewhere.