Reference: Sacraments
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SACRAMENTS
1. The term.
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As they were eating he took a loaf and after the blessing he broke it; then he gave it to the disciples saying, "Take and eat this, it means my body."
I tell you, after this I will never drink this produce of the vine till the day I drink it new with you in the Realm of my Father."
go and make disciples of all nations, baptize them in the name of the Father and the Son and the holy Spirit,
So those who accepted what he said were baptized; about three thousand souls were brought in, that day. They devoted themselves to the instruction given by the apostles and to fellowship, breaking bread and praying together.
Clean out the old dough that you may be a fresh lump. For you are free from the old leaven; Christ our paschal lamb has been sacrificed.
For I would have you know this, my brothers, that while our fathers all lived under the cloud, all crossed through the sea, all were baptized into Moses by the cloud and by the sea, read more. all ate the same supernatural food, and all drank the same supernatural drink (drinking from the supernatural Rock which accompanied them ??and that Rock was Christ),
For as often as you eat this loaf and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes.
This is a profound symbol, I mean as regards Christ and the church.
in him you have been circumcised with no material circumcision that cuts flesh from the body, but with Christ's own circumcision,