How often do Christian denominations celebrate the Eucharist?

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Bran_Stark said:
Even if you don’t believe in any Real Presence in the consecrated elements, there is still quite a difference between Spiritual Presence and simple Memorialism.
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I agree. Many people in fact believe in a Spiritual Real Presence. I once asked a Disciples of Christ pastor and he said he sure hopes the Spirit is present! 👍
 
In the Lutheran Confessions, which states that Christ Body and Blood is in, with, and under the bread and wine. In the Lutheran Confessions view is that non-Lutheran except Roman Catholic and Orthodox do not have a valid Eucharist because to non-Lutherans, Holy Communion is either a memorial meal or a symbol. The Anglican Church was heavily influenced by Calvin, so it is doubtful what they believe. Martin Luther did say that he would rather drink wine with the Pope than with Zwlingli.
 
hn160 said:
In the Lutheran Confessions, which states that Christ Body and Blood is in, with, and under the bread and wine. In the Lutheran Confessions view is that non-Lutheran except Roman Catholic and Orthodox do not have a valid Eucharist because to non-Lutherans, Holy Communion is either a memorial meal or a symbol. The Anglican Church was heavily influenced by Calvin, so it is doubtful what they believe. Martin Luther did say that he would rather drink wine with the Pope than with Zwlingli.
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hn,
Welcome to CAF. Just to clarify Luther’s quote here, he said before he would drink mere wine with the Swiss, he would drink blood with the pope. IOW, Transubstantiation is a far more acceptable postion than symbolic presence.

Jon
 
Every first Sunday of the month for the Baptist Church I attended.
 
Bran_Stark said:
My UCC congregation holds the sacrament of the Lord’s Supper first Sunday of each month. The generic protestant chapel at my college does it about as often, I think, but we also did have the Eucharist this Ash Wednesday.
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What does that consist of? Do you use actual pieces of bread and grape juice or is it more like the Catholic way of communion?
 
JonNC said:
Hi Anna, You’re welcome.
To be sure, I don’t think the good Cardinal was claiming something other than what Catholic teaching is regarding your orders or ours, and therefore our respective sacraments. What he was saying is that, contrary to what some think, even from a Catholic POV, it is not a nothing.

Of course, while Anglicans and Lutherans both would welcome and rejoice in Catholic recognition of our orders and sacraments as we recognize theirs, we don’t need it to know that, when our clergy celebrate the Eucharist, His true body and blood are truly and substantially present.

Jon
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Or, as we Anglo-Catholics might say, in the sacrament of the most Holy Eucharist are contained, truly, really and substantially, the body, blood, soul and divinity of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Possibly a familiar way of expressing it.

GKC
 
I’m a Reformed believer and we practice communion (not the Eucharist) every Sunday. The Bible does not indicate the frequency of communion, only that we should continue to celebrate the Lord’s supper until HE comes.

God Bless…
 
JonNC said:
Hi Anna, You’re welcome.
To be sure, I don’t think the good Cardinal was claiming something other than what Catholic teaching is regarding your orders or ours, and therefore our respective sacraments. What he was saying is that, contrary to what some think, even from a Catholic POV, it is not a nothing.

Of course, while Anglicans and Lutherans both would welcome and rejoice in Catholic recognition of our orders and sacraments as we recognize theirs, we don’t need it to know that, when our clergy celebrate the Eucharist, His true body and blood are truly and substantially present.

Jon
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You are so right, my friend. 🙂

Anna
 
ForeverGrace said:
I’m a Reformed believer and we practice communion (not the Eucharist) every Sunday. The Bible does not indicate the frequency of communion, only that we should continue to celebrate the Lord’s supper until HE comes.

God Bless…
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ForeverGrace,
From the standpoint of a Reformed believer, would you explain exactly what you believe occurs during Communion?

Thanks,
Anna
 
hn160 said:
In the Lutheran Confessions, which states that Christ Body and Blood is in, with, and under the bread and wine. In the Lutheran Confessions view is that non-Lutheran except Roman Catholic and Orthodox do not have a valid Eucharist because to non-Lutherans, Holy Communion is either a memorial meal or a symbol. The Anglican Church was heavily influenced by Calvin, so it is doubtful what they believe. Martin Luther did say that he would rather drink wine with the Pope than with Zwlingli.
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hn160,
That’s a rather misinformed impression of Anglicanism. Granted, some Anglicans lean more toward Protestantism and some more toward Catholicism and even Eastern Orthodox, which is the case in my Parish. Our Liturgy of the Eucharist is almost identical to the Catholic Liturgy (Catholics in Communion with Rome.) We believe in the Real Presence and do keep Reserved Sacrament in our Sanctuary. The Body and Blood of Christ are always consumed, never discarded.

Anna
 
surf(name removed by moderator)ure said:
I’ve never seen Lewis’s stance on the Real Presence, have you? And how would it be relevant to the discussion, as he was an Anglican?
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Lewis’ stance on the Real Presence is not as clearly seen as his opinion on the concept of Purgatory (or purgation, as Anglicans are more likely to say), or auricular confession, which he regularly practiced. But it is most likely he was a believer in it, while not affirming transubstantiation as a de fide explanation. See “The Weight of Glory” (“Next to the Blessed Sacrament itself, your neighbor is the holiest object presented to your senses.”).

Lyle Dorsett’s SEEKING THE SECRET PLACE: THE SPIRITUAL FORMATION OF C.S. LEWIS discusses it a llittle.

As I said, it is never explicitly spelled out, but after 45 years of studying and collecting Lewis, I find him standing with Anglo-Catholics on this point.

GKC
 
GKC said:
Or, as we Anglo-Catholics might say, in the sacrament of the most Holy Eucharist are contained, truly, really and substantially, the body, blood, soul and divinity of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Possibly a familiar way of expressing it.

GKC
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Exactly, GKC. Good to bump into our expert Anglican historian, again. Though your post is missing the word “motley.” 😉

Anna
 
GKC said:
Or, as we Anglo-Catholics might say, in the sacrament of the most Holy Eucharist are contained, truly, really and substantially, the body, blood, soul and divinity of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Possibly a familiar way of expressing it.

GKC
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And an acceptable one, ISTM. I often wonder why our liberal Lutheran and Anglican brethren seem to move closer, yet Anglo-Catholics and Evangelical-Catholics seen, how shall I say, reluctant to do so. We seem to share so much. reading Tarsitano’s “An Outline of an Angliclan Life” made me wonder all the more.

Motley seems to describe Lutherans, as well.

Jon
 
shark76z said:
I know Catholics celebrate it daily, and Anglicans/Episcopalians and Lutherans celebrate it weekly, but what about other Protestant denominations (Baptist, Pentecostal, Methodist, etc.)?

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My Baptist church usually held communion twice a month. One morning service and one evening service (not on the same Sunday though) was a special communion service with longer Scripture readings and specific songs.
 
JonNC said:
And an acceptable one, ISTM. I often wonder why our liberal Lutheran and Anglican brethren seem to move closer, yet Anglo-Catholics and Evangelical-Catholics seen, how shall I say, reluctant to do so. We seem to share so much. reading Tarsitano’s “An Outline of an Angliclan Life” made me wonder all the more.

Motley seems to describe Lutherans, as well.

Jon
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Could well be so.

GKC
 
The reasons why liberal Lutherans (ELCA) and liberal Anglicans ( Episcopal Church) seem to move together are both Churches allow open Communion, both allow women ordination, both allow homosexual ordination and is encouraged by their leaders and the ELCA is in full communion with Calvinist type churches.
 
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