eucharist

• define eucharist


  literally means 'thanksgiving'. it celebrates jesus' sacrifice through his death and resurrection. christians give thanks to god for his creation of the world and life, death and resurrection of jesus.
• what do the orthodox church believe about eucharist?

  accept it as a sacrament though it is not possible to explain the transubstantiation as it is a divine mystery
• what do quakers think about eucharist?

  do not practice or observe the eucharist or any other sacrament. instead they try to find the sacred in all of life.
• name 4 importances of the eucharist

  it is a sacrament-an outward sign of an inward grace, it remembers the last supper when jesus gave instructions to his disciples to remember him through bread and wine, it marks the sacrifice jesus made through death, it brings the christian community together in worship.
• give 4 arguments to support the statement "eucharist is the most important part of christian life"

  it is a memorial of jesus sacrificial death, jesus said "i am the living bread" = brings you closer to jesus, the catechism of the cc describes the eucharist as the "source and summit of christian life", it brings people together and is an act of fellowship between christians.
• give 3 arguments to disagree with the statement, "eucharist is the most important part of christian life"

  quakers do not celebrate any sacraments but try to find something sacred in every part of their lives, jesus also commanded baptism (they share equal importance?), the parable of the sheep and goats teaches that God will judge you based on whether you have helped others, not whether you have taken part in religious rituals.