Jesus Christ is here regarded, at one and the same time, as both the officiant and the victim of the eucharistic sacrifice. |
Most modern scholars agree that there had been an epiclesis, in the original Eucharist of the early church of Rome, in addition to the other Latin eucharistic prayers. |
He is equally an ordinary minister of exposition of the Most Blessed Sacrament and of eucharistic benediction. |
This has often been realized and put into practice through common service projects, shared worship and even eucharistic fellowship. |
The eucharistic garment corresponding to the chasuble was the phelonion, with variant forms in the Greek and Russian churches. |
In this unofficial text a number of liturgists, theologians and pastors propose, on their own initiative and responsibility, guidelines for those engaged in planning eucharistic worship to be held in an ecumenical context. |