- What is Eucharist? How is identified as part of the Christian community?
- Explain how it is a recommitment into the Paschal mystery?
- Renewal covenant with God & his people
- Explain how Eucharist is a blessing.
- Explain how " " is a human act.
- Eucharist comes from what Greek word? What does it mean in English?
- How does this parallel to the Passover meal?
- What does the Catechism say about the Eucharist & the Passover meal? Explanation given in class.
- Eucharist: Celebration of the great events of salvation.
- What does the Eucharist call to mind?
- Define: Covenant, Transubstantiation, Consubstantiation, Accident & Substance.
- How does the Eucharist relate to Christ's dying on the cross?
- Eucharist: God within & among us...Jews: recognize that God is within/among their community - in history, etc. Explain this.
- Eucharist = New Covenant. What is this new covenant?
- How is God present in the Eucharist?
- Transubstantiation: Accident and Substance / Aristotle
- Sacrifice - Latin meaning
- Eucharist: Instituted at Last Supper; sign of creation
- Eucharist: Thanks God for what He's accomplished in creation/redemption/sanctification.
- Sacrifice of the Church...Who is the sacrifice for?
- Statistics presented in class re: # of Catholics (Specifically, focus on the numbers of the Americas).
- What are some ideas of how the Church can combat such a "crisis?"
- Christian Church as a whole and the divisions within it. Why are they different? Which Churches support bishops, and those who do not? What is the underlying issue in the separation of the Christian divisions?
- Early Church: Historical development of Eucharist (J. Martyr, Hippolytus, present day, etc.).
- Dulles: Elchinger's 4 "rare circumstances" ideology in regards to the Eucharist/Lord's Supper in another denomination.
- Historical development
- The Eucharist: Sends us into the world...(Please read this section in your textbook).
