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Eucharist - Liturgical
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Part of Eucharist:

1. Theological

2. Liturgical

3. Eucharistic Sacrifice

The Mass is the celebration of the Eucharist in the various forms prescribed by the Church. These forms enshrine and explicitate something considered in tradition as the command of the Lord:the utterance in thanksgiving of the sacramental words over bread and wine, and the eating and drinking of the consecrated gifts.

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Josef Andreas Jungmann, “Eucharist - Liturgical”, in: Sacramentum Mundi Online, General Editor Karl Rahner, SJ. Consulted online on 19 March 2024 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2468-483X_smuo_COM_001442>
First published online: 2016



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