Words similar to eucharist
Example sentences for: eucharist
How can you use “eucharist” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:
"I'm a huge anti-Semite, so I'd have to say they're celebrating the Eucharist."
As for the T-word: "The word transubstantiation is commonly used in the Roman Catholic Church to indicate that God acting in the Eucharist effects a change in the inner reality of the elements."
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.
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."
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."