Scripture. The Eucharist Religion & Theology Essay

The Eucharist
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The Eucharist
The Eucharist is a service celebrated by Christians by taking bread which symbolizes the body of Christ and the wine which symbolize the blood of Jesus Christ which was shed on the cross. It first celebrated by Jesus Christ together with His disciples during the last supper where he washed He gave them bread, which symbolized his body and the wine which symbolized His blood. In Luke 7:36-50 Jesus Christ who is the Eucharist sacrifices his purity and His sinless nature and accept to be oiled and wiped by the sinful woman of the city. He also accepts to go and dine with the Pharisee though they were hypocrites and were believed by the society to be sinless and pure.
In the same scripture, Jesus also expresses that the Eucharist is shared among all the people as He sits together with the sinful and the Pharisees and this shows that anyone can enjoy the Eucharist. In the parable of the forgiven debtors, it is also evident that the Eucharist is a broken bread when the debtors are forgiven. This elaborates that anyone despi...