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EUCHARIST (Gr. evxapurria, thanksgiving), in the Christian Church, one of the ancient names of the sacrament of the Lord's Supper or Holy Communion. The term evxapurria was at first applied to the act of thanksgiving associated with the sacrament ; later, so e ...

... pose of subsequent reception prevailed in the church from very early times. The Eucharist being the seal of Christian fellowship, it was a natural custom to send portions of the consecrated elements by the hands of the deacons to those who were not present (Ju ...

EUCHARIS, in botany, a genus of the natural order Amaryllidaceae, containing a few species, natives of Columbia. Eucharis amazonica or grandiflora is the best-known and most generally cultivated species. It is a bulbous plant with broad stalked leaves, and an

... , to faith and reason. He is a good enough Lutheran to quote as a "mystery" the Eucharist no less than the Trinity, while he insists that truths above arc not against reason. Stated thus baldly, has the distinction any meaning? The more celebrated and central ...

AQUARII, a name given to the Christians who substituted water for wine in the Eucharist. They were not a sect, for we find the practice widely in vogue at an early time, even among the orthodox. In Greek they were called Hydro parastatae, or those who offer wa ...

... hich have come down to us — used in churches for the safe custody of vestments, eucharistic vessels, reliquaries and other precious objects — are usually painted, sometimes even upon the interior, with sacred subjects or with incidents from the lives of the sa ...

... , in case of recovery, after a fast of from 20 to 40 days, were admitted to the eucharist, and their names and cures entered in the church records. A note on the New Testament use of the word (vepjeiv and its cognates will be found in J. A. Robinson's edition ...

... Whence the name (t&xAAwTot, well-covered) given liy L'Hcritier, 1788. EUCHARIS— EUCHARIST those of older trees are ensiform, 6-12 in. long, and bluishgreen in hue, and are directed downwards. The flowers are single or in clusters, and nearly sessile. This spec ...

... e reprimands of Ambrose, who dared to rebuke him and refuse to admit him to the Eucharist till he had done public penance for punishing a riot in Thessalonica by a wholesale massacre of the populace. Equally praiseworthy is the generous pardon that the emperor ...

... eran Council, 1215). But if the medieval Church and modern Catholics regard the Eucharist as the principal sacrament, Protestants can hardly keep from assigning the supreme place, in the medieval system, to the sacrament of penance. If early " enthusiasm " con ...

... f the conversion of the Bread and Wine into the Body and Blood of Christ in the Eucharist. Its signification was authoritatively defined by the Council of Trent in the following words: " If any one shall say that, in the Holy Sacrament of the Eucharist there r ...