Eucharist Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ====Moravian/Hussite ==== The [[Moravian Church]] adheres to a view known as the "sacramental presence",<ref name="Atwood2010">{{cite book|last=Atwood|first=Craig D.|title=Community of the Cross: Moravian Piety in Colonial Bethlehem|date=1 November 2010|publisher=Penn State Press|language=en|isbn=9780271047508|page=165|quote=In the eighteenth century, the Moravians consistently promoted the Lutheran doctrine of the real presence, which they described as a "sacramental presence."}}</ref> teaching that in the [[sacrament]] of [[Holy Communion]]:<ref name="VelikoGros2005"/> {{blockquote|Christ gives his body and blood according to his promise to all who partake of the elements. When we eat and drink the bread and the wine of the Supper with expectant faith, we thereby have communion with the body and blood of our Lord and receive the forgiveness of sins, life, and salvation. In this sense, the bread and wine are rightly said to be Christ's body and blood which he gives to his disciples.<ref name="VelikoGros2005">{{cite book|last1=Veliko|first1=Lydia|last2=Gros|first2=Jeffrey|title=Growing Consensus II: Church Dialogues in the United States, 1992β2004|year=2005|publisher=Bishop's Committee for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops|language=en|isbn=978-1574555578|page=90}}</ref>}} [[Nicolaus Zinzendorf]], a [[bishop]] of the Moravian Church, stated that Holy Communion is the "most intimate of all connection with the person of the Saviour."<ref name="Knouse2008">{{cite book|last=Knouse|first=Nola Reed|title=The Music of the Moravian Church in America|year=2008|publisher=University Rochester Press|language=en|isbn=978-1580462600|page=34|quote=Holy Communion, of course, is a central act of worship for all Christians, and it should come as no surprise that it was also highly esteemed in the Moravian Church. Zinzendorf referred to it as the "most intimate of all connection with the person of the Saviour." The real presence of Christ was thankfully received, though, typically, the Moravians refrained from delving too much into the precise way the Savior was sacramentally present}}</ref> The Order of Service for the observance of the Lord's Supper includes a salutation, hymns, the [[right hand of fellowship]], prayer, consecration of the elements, distribution of the elements, partaking of the elements, and a benediction.<ref name="Moravian2010">{{cite web |title=The Observance of the Lord's Supper |url=https://www.moravian.org/2018/06/the-observance-of-the-lords-supper/ |publisher=Moravian Church |access-date=13 October 2022 |language=English |date=2010}}</ref> Moravian Christians traditionally practice footwashing before partaking in the Lord's Supper, although in certain Moravian congregations, this rite is observed chiefly on [[Maundy Thursday]].<ref name="Vos2009">{{cite book |last1=Vos |first1=Nelvin |title=Inter-Actions: Relationships of Religion and Drama |date=16 May 2009 |publisher=University Press of America |isbn=978-0-7618-4470-9 |page=34 |language=English}}</ref><ref name="Benham">{{cite book |last1=Benham |first1=William |title=The Dictionary of Religion |date=1887 |publisher=Cassell |page=719 |language=English}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page