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However, the Eucharist is a memorial (Greek anamnesis) in which "the atoning work of Christ on the cross is proclaimed and made effective in the life of the church."
The earliest occurrences of the word being used to refer to a religious service are to be found in the epistles of Saint Ambrose and the itinerary of Silvia of Aquitania in the last quarter of the fourth century, when it was applied to matins and vespers; however, in its most eminent sense, mæsse was used to denote the Eucharist.
These days the Eucharist is likelier to be described as a meal, albeit one graced by the saving presence of Christ, than as a propitiatory sacrifice.
The nature of the Eucharist was a defining issue in the Reformation.
This 1971 document affirmed the "true presence" of Christ in the Eucharist, "effectually signified by the bread and wine, which, in this mystery, become his body and blood."