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communion

Also known as Holy Communion, The Lord's Supper, Sacrament of the Altar, Eucharist, Mass, Divine Service

The Eucharist ( ; from , ), also called Holy Communion, the Blessed Sacrament or the '''Lord's Supper''', is a Christian rite, considered a sacrament in most churches and an ordinance in others. Christians believe that the rite was instituted by Jesus Christ at the Last Supper, the night before his crucifixion, giving his disciples bread and wine. Passages in the New Testament state that he commanded them to "do this in memory of me" while referring to the bread as "my body" and the cup of wine as "the blood of my covenant, which is poured out for many". According to the synoptic Gospels, this

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Communion, also called the Eucharist or Holy Communion, is a Christian religious rite in which believers consume bread and wine in remembrance of Jesus Christ's Last Supper with his disciples before his crucifixion. Christians consider it a sacrament (or ordinance in some churches) because they believe Jesus commanded his followers to perform this ritual in his memory, with the bread representing his body and the wine representing his blood.

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Terminology
Eucharist
Lord's Supper
Communion
Other terms
Breaking of bread
Sacrament or Blessed Sacrament
Mass
Divine Liturgy and Divine Service
Other Eastern rites
History
Biblical basis
Gospels
First Epistle to the Corinthians
Early Christian sources
Jews and the Eucharist
Eucharistic theology
Ritual and liturgy
Catholic Church
As a sacrifice
As a real presence
Reception and devotions
Eastern Orthodoxy
Protestantism
Anabaptists
Moravian/Hussite
Anglican
Baptists
Lutheran
Open Brethren and Exclusive Brethren
Reformed (Continental Reformed, Presbyterian and Congregationalist)
Methodist
Nondenominational Christians
Syriac Christianity
Edessan Rite (Church of the East)
Syro-Antiochene Rite (West Syriac)
Restorationism
Irvingian
Seventh-day Adventists
Jehovah's Witnesses
Latter-day Saints
Non-observing denominations
Salvation Army
Quakers
Christian Scientists
Shakers
Practice and customs
Open and closed communion
Preparation
Catholic
Lutheran
Eastern Orthodox
Other denominations
Adoration
Health issues
Gluten
<span class="anchor" id="Alcohol"></span>Alcohol
Transmission of diseases
See also
Eucharistic practice
History
Notes
References
Further reading
External links

The elements of the Eucharist, sacramental bread—either leavened or unleavened—and sacramental wine (among Catholics, Anglicans, Lutherans, Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox) or non-alcoholic grape juice (among Methodists, Baptists and Plymouth Brethren), are consecrated on an altar or a communion table and consumed thereafter. The consecrated elements are the end product of the Eucharistic Prayer.