Scripture References
1 Cor 11.23-29 (NLT)
Acts 2.42 (NLT)
Acts 20.7 (NLT)
1 Cor 16.1-2 (NLT)
1 Cor 11.20 (NLT)
Acts 2.37-38 (NLT)
Mark 14.22-26 (HCSB)
Quotations
Justin Martyr (c. AD 140, First Apology)
“On the day called Sunday, all who live in cities or in the country gather together at one place…Then we all rise together and pray, as we before said when our prayer is ended, bread and wine and water are brought…and there is a distribution to each, and participation of that over which thanks has been given, and to those who are absent a portion is sent by the deacons.”
References
(Blomberg, C. (2001). Vol. 22: Matthew)
“Jesus’ words here have led to massive debates, intra-Christian persecution, and huge theological edifices, the weight of which they cannot bear. The doctrines of transubstantiation (the bread and wine become Christ’s actual body and blood) or consubstantiation (Christ is really present “in, with, and under” the elements) make no sense of Jesus’ words in their historical context. As Jesus holds up a loaf and declares, “This is my body,” no one listening will ever imagine that he is claiming the bread to be the literal extension of his flesh.”
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