Real presence of Christ in the Eucharist

=== Moravian ===
[[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|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 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|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"/>

{{quotation|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, 1992–2004|year=2005|publisher=Bishop's Committee for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops|isbn=978-1574555578|page=90}}</ref>|author=Lydia Veliko, Jeffrey Gross|title=Growing Consensus II: Church Dialogues in the United States, 1992–2004|source=page 90}}