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Eucharist/Communion
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I. New Testament – II. Church History – III. Dogmatics – IV. Liturgical History – V. Practical Theology – VI. Missiology

I. New Testament

1. Background

Sacred meals are common to all religions. Before examining them in the context of the NT, it is necessary first to inquire into their background in the OT and in Judaism, whereupon it becomes evident that sacrificial meals play no role in them…

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Hahn, Ferdinand, Markschies, Christoph, Angenendt, Arnold, Kaufmann, Thomas, Koch, Ernst, Lessing, Eckhard, Baur, Jörg, Beintker, Michael, Halbrooks, G. Thomas, Sattler, Dorothea et al., “Eucharist/Communion”, in: Religion Past and Present. Consulted online on 02 December 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1877-5888_rpp_COM_00027>
First published online: 2011
First print edition: ISBN: 9789004146662, 2006-2013



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