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THEOLOGY
101 From Those
who, in faith, eat the broken bread and
drink the blessed cup partake of the
body and blood of Christ in a spiritual
manner until He returns in
glory. "The
Supper of the Lord is not only a
sign of the love that Christians
ought to have among themselves one
to another, but [also] a
sacrament of our redemption by
Christ's death.... "[T]he
bread which we break is a partaking
of the body of Christ; and likewise
the cup of blessing is a partaking
of the blood of Christ. "Transubstantiation,
or the change of the substance of
bread and wine in the Supper of our
Lord [into the literal body and
blood of Christ], cannot be
proved by Scripture, but is
repugnant to the plain words of
Scripture, overthrows the nature of
a sacrament, and has given occasion
to many superstitions. "The
body of Christ is given, taken, and
eaten in the Supper, only
[in] a heavenly and
spiritual manner. And the means
whereby the body of Christ is
received and eaten in the Supper is
faith. "We
believe the Lord's Supper is a
representation of our redemption, a
memorial of the sufferings and death
of Christ, and a token of love and
union which Christians have with
Christ and with one
another. "Those
who rightly, worthily and in faith
eat the broken bread and drink the
blessed cup partake of the body and
blood of Christ in a spiritual
manner until he comes."
Gateway
Church gathers
for worship
Sundays
at 10:30 a.m.
(Hwy. 129) in Athens,
Georgia.
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SPRING
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What
do United Methodists
believe?
This
is the last in a series of 12 brief
articles summarizing the doctrinal
beliefs of the United Methodist
Church.
WHAT
DO WE BELIEVE ABOUT HOLY
COMMUNION?
Holy
Communion (or the Lord's Supper) is a
faithful remembrance of the suffering
and death of Jesus Christ and a
celebration of love within the
Church.
Article
XVIII, The Articles of Religion, The
UM Book of
Discipline:
Article
VI, The Confession of Faith, The UM
Book of
Discipline: