Eucharist

====First Epistle to the Corinthians====
1 Corinthians 11:23–25<ref>{{Bibleverse|1 Corinthians|11:23–25}}</ref> gives the earliest recorded description of Jesus' Last Supper: "The Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, 'This is my body, which is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.'" The Greek word used in the passage for 'remembrance' is {{lang|grc|ἀνάμνησιν}} ({{transliteration|grc|[[Anamnesis (Christianity)|anamnesis]]}}), which itself has a much richer theological history than the English word "remember".

[[File:Agape feast 07.jpg|thumb|right|Early Christian painting of an Agape feast.]]
The expression "The Lord's Supper", derived from [[Paul the Apostle|Paul]]'s usage in 1 Corinthians 11:17–34,<ref>{{Bibleverse|1 Corinthians|11:17–34}}</ref> may have originally referred to the [[Agape feast]] (or love feast), the shared [[communal meal]] with which the Eucharist was originally associated.<ref>{{cite book |last=Lambert |first=J.C. |title=''The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia'' |publisher=Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. |year=1978 |edition=reprint |isbn=978-0802880451 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/internationalsta0002unse }}</ref> The Agape feast is mentioned in Jude 12<ref>{{bibleverse|Jude|12}}</ref> but "The Lord's Supper" is now commonly used in reference to a celebration involving no food other than the sacramental bread and wine.