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! ===Lord's Supper=== In the [[First Epistle to the Corinthians]] Paul uses the term "Lord's Supper", in Greek {{lang|grc|Κυριακὸν δεῖπνον}} ({{transliteration|grc|Kyriakon deipnon}}), in the early 50s of the 1st century:<ref name=LaV/><ref name=Schr/> {{blockquote|When you come together, it is not the Lord's Supper you eat, for as you eat, each of you goes ahead without waiting for anybody else. One remains hungry, another gets drunk.|1 Corinthians 11:20–21<ref>[[s:Bible (American Standard)/1 Corinthians#11:20|11:20–21]]</ref>}} So Paul's use of the term "Lord's Supper" in reference to the Corinthian banquet is powerful and interesting; but to be an actual name for the Christian meal, rather than a meaningful phrase connected with an ephemeral rhetorical contrast, it would have to have some history, previous or subsequent.<ref>Andrew B. McGowan, "The Myth of the Lord's Supper", ''Catholic Biblical Quarterly'' 77.3 (July 2015), 503-21</ref> Nevertheless, given its existence in the biblical text, "Lord's Supper" came into use after the Protestant Reformation and remains the predominant term among [[Evangelicalism|Evangelicals]], such as [[Baptists]] and [[Pentecostals]].<ref>Christopher A. Stephenson, ''Types of Pentecostal Theology: Method, System, Spirit'', OUP US, 2012{{ISBN?}}</ref>{{rp|123}}<ref>Roger E. Olson, ''The Westminster Handbook to Evangelical Theology'', Westminster John Knox Press, UK, 2004</ref>{{rp|259}}<ref>Edward E. Hindson, Daniel R. Mitchell, ''The Popular Encyclopedia of Church History: The People, Places, and Events That Shaped Christianity'', Harvest House Publishers, US, 2013, {{ISBN?}}</ref>{{rp|371}} They also refer to the observance as an [[Ordinance (Christianity)|ordinance]] rather than a sacrament. [[File:Last-supper-from-Kremikovtsi.jpg|thumb|right|A [[Kremikovtsi Monastery]] fresco (15th century) depicting the [[Last Supper]] celebrated by Jesus and his disciples. The early Christians too would have celebrated this meal to commemorate Jesus' death and subsequent resurrection.]] [[File:Cathedral Fribourg vitrail Eucharistie 01.jpg|thumb|Eucharistic window (1898–1900) by [[Józef Mehoffer]]]] 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