Diarmaid MacCulloch suggests that Cranmer's own Eucharistic theology in these years approximated most closely to that of Heinrich Bullinger ; but that he intended the Prayer Book to be acceptable to the widest range of Reformed Eucharistic belief, including the high sacramental theology of Bucer and John Calvin.

As in England, while many prayers were retained the structure of the Communion service was altered: a Prayer of Oblation was added to the Eucharistic prayer after the ' words of institution ', thus reflecting the rejection of Cranmer's theology in liturgical developments across the Anglican Communion.

* Canon of the Mass, the Eucharistic Prayer of the Roman Rite

The Eucharistic Prayer of the United Methodist Church takes on an ancient pattern that begins with the " Dialogue " ( The Lord be with you / and also with you ) and Sursum Corda ( Lift up your hearts ).

Variations of the Eucharistic Prayer are provided for various occasions, including communion of the sick and brief forms for occasions that call for greater brevity.

The ordination of a priest occurs before the Anaphora ( Eucharistic Prayer ) in order that he may on the same day take part in the celebration of the Eucharist: During the Great Entrance, the candidate for ordination carries the Aër ( chalice veil ) over his head ( rather than on his shoulder, as a deacon otherwise carries it then ) as a symbol of giving up his diaconate, and comes last in the procession and stands at the end of the pair of lines of the priests.

The ordination of a deacon occurs after the Anaphora ( Eucharistic Prayer ) since his role is not in performing the Holy Mystery but consists only in serving ; the ceremony is much the same as at the ordination of a priest, but the deacon-elect is presented to the people and escorted to the holy doors by two sub-deacons ( his peers, analogous to the two deacons who so present a priest-elect ) is escorted three times around the Holy Table by a deacon, and he kneels on only one knee during the Prayer of Cheirotonia.

Other notable innovations were the omission of the adjective " perfidis " in the Good Friday Prayer for the Jews and the insertion of the name of Saint Joseph into the Canon ( or Eucharistic Prayer ) of the Mass.

* To the single Canon of the previous edition ( which, with minor alterations, was preserved as the " First Eucharistic Prayer or Roman Canon ") he added three alternative Eucharistic Prayers, increasing also the number of prefaces.

The Book of Common Prayer contains within it the traditional Western Eucharistic lectionary which traces its roots to the Comes of St. Jerome in the 5th century.

The Eucharistic Prayer, " the centre and high point of the entire celebration ", then begins with a dialogue between priest and people.

The priest continues with one of many Eucharistic Prayer thanksgiving prefaces, which lead to the reciting of the Sanctus acclamation.

The Eucharistic Prayer includes the epiclesis, a prayer that the gifts offered may by the power of the Holy Spirit become the body and blood of Christ.

The various Eucharistic liturgies used by national churches of the Anglican Communion have continuously evolved from the 1549 and 1552 editions of the Book of Common Prayer which both owed their form and contents chiefly to the work of Thomas Cranmer, who had rejected the medieval theology of the Mass in about 1547 Although the 1549 rite retained the traditional sequence of the mass, its underlying theology was Protestant.

Following this, a Eucharistic Prayer ( called " The Great Thanksgiving ") is offered.

The Service of the Eucharist includes the General intercessions, Preface, Sanctus and Eucharistic Prayer, elevation of the host and chalice and invitation to the Eucharist.

A Roman Catholic or Anglican of the Anglo-Catholic party would find its elements familiar, in particular the use of the sign of the cross, kneeling for prayer and the Eucharistic Prayer, bowing to the processional crucifix, kissing the altar, incense ( among some ), chanting, and vestments.

* To the single Canon of the previous edition ( which, with minor alterations, was preserved as the " First Eucharistic Prayer or Roman Canon ") were added three alternative Eucharistic Prayers, and the number of prefaces was increased.

While previously the priest had said almost the entire Canon inaudibly, the words of the Canon or Eucharistic Prayer are now spoken aloud.

This form of the Apostles ' Creed can be found incorporated into the Eucharistic and Baptismal Liturgies in the Hymnal and in The United Methodist Book of Worship, and hence it is growing in popularity and use.

A papal tiara as well as the Keys of St. Peter are fixed on the baldaquin's front face, to symbolize that for the Mariavite Church the highest authority is to be found in Jesus, present in the church through their fervent devotion to Eucharistic Adoration.

The historical roots of Roman Catholic Eucharistic theology are the basis upon which a number of ecclesial communities, or churches, express their faith in the " bread of life " as given by Jesus, and are to be found in the Church Fathers, Scripture, the writings of Thomas Aquinas, and other early church writings and traditions.

Those that contain material not found in the rest of Common Worship series include books of readings ( e. g. the Daily Eucharistic Lectionary ), the annual lectionary ( with references only ), and Proclaiming the Passion: The Passion Narratives in Dramatized Form.

It may be said that at the beginning of the 19th century no Catholic saint can be found who did not place Eucharistic piety at the center of their spirituality.

Dom Cabrol (" Benediction Episcopale " in " Report of the 19th Eucharistic Congress ") considers that the Anglo-Saxon Benedictions were not survivals of Gallican ( Celtic ) usage, but were derived from the ancient practice of Rome itself, and that the rite was a general one of which traces are found nearly everywhere.

The most perfect expression of the Eucharistic unity of the church is found in the Hierarchical Divine Liturgy ( i. e., a Liturgy at which a bishop is the chief celebrant ), for as St. Ignatius of Antioch stated, where the bishop is, surrounded by his clergy and faithful, there is the church in all of her fullness.

This affirmation of Real Presence can be seen clearly illustrated in the language of the United Methodist Eucharistic Liturgy where, in the epiclesis of the Great Thanksgiving, the celebrating minister prays over the elements:

This affirmation of Real Presence can be seen clearly illustrated in the language of the United Methodist Eucharistic Liturgy ( for example: Word and Table 1 ) where, in the epiclesis of the Great Thanksgiving, the celebrating minister prays over the elements:

In 1971, the Anglican and Roman Catholic International Commission announced that it had reached " substantial agreement on the doctrine of the Eucharist " in the Windsor Statement on Eucharistic Doctrine from the Anglican-Roman Catholic International Consultation and the later ( 1979 ) Elucidation of the ARCIC Windsor Statement but this was questioned in 1991 by the Official Roman Catholic Final Response to the ARCIC Full Report.

This section serves as the introduction to the body of the Praeconium, cast in the Eucharistic form to emphasize its solemnity.

O salutaris Hostia, " O Saving Host ", is a section of one of the Eucharistic hymns written by St Thomas Aquinas for the Feast of Corpus Christi.

However, there are certain limitations: they may not administer the sacraments and related functions whose celebration is reserved to bishops, priests, deacons, or seminarians ( the male clergy ), namely, Holy Orders ( they may make provision for an ordained cleric to help train and to admit some of their members, if needed, as altar servers, Eucharistic ministers, or lectors-the minor ministries which are now open to the non-ordained ).

The Eucharistic prayer was split in two so that Eucharistic bread and wine were shared immediately after the words of institution ( This is my Body .. This is my blood ... in remembrance of me.

" The attempt by some twentieth-century Catholic theologians to present the Eucharistic change as an alteration of significance ( transignification rather than transubstantiation ) was rejected by Pope Paul VI in his 1965 encyclical letter Mysterium fidei In his 1968 Credo of the People of God, he reiterated that any theological explanation of the doctrine must hold to the twofold claim that, after the consecration, 1 ) Christ's body and blood are really present ; and 2 ) bread and wine are really absent ; and this presence and absence is real and not merely something in the mind of the believer.

Among Eastern Christians, the Eucharistic service is called the Divine Liturgy ( Eastern Orthodox ) or similar names ( Oriental Orthodox ).

Within the latter, the actual Eucharistic prayer is called the anaphora, literally: " offering " or " carrying up " ().

Even in congregations where Eucharist is offered weekly, there is not a requirement that every church service be a Eucharistic service, nor that all members of a congregation must receive it weekly.

The famed apologist St. Justin Martyr ( c. 150 ) wrote: " No one else is permitted to partake of it, except one who believes our teaching to be true ...." For the first several hundred years, non-members were forbidden even to be present at the sacramental ritual ; visitors and catechumens ( those still undergoing instruction ) were dismissed halfway through the Liturgy, after the Bible readings and sermon but before the Eucharistic rite.

For alcoholics, but not generally, it allows the use of mustum ( grape juice in which fermentation has begun but has been suspended without altering the nature of the juice ), and it holds that, " since Christ is sacramentally present under each of the species, communion under the species of bread alone makes it possible to receive all the fruit of Eucharistic grace.

This is in full accord with Roman Catholic Church belief that communion under the form of bread alone makes it possible to receive all the fruit of Eucharistic grace.

Theodore's interpretation of the Eucharistic rite is directed towards the triumph over the power of death brought about by the Resurrection.

Although it was only in the West that Aristotelian philosophy prevailed, the objective reality of the Eucharistic change is also believed in by the Eastern Orthodox Church and the other ancient Churches of the East ( see metousiosis ).

During this time, the dismissal at all services begin with the words, " May Christ our True God, who rose from the dead ...." Anyone who wishes to receive Holy Communion at Divine Liturgy on Sunday morning is required to attend Vespers the night before ( see Eucharistic discipline ).

Hence, the table upon which the Eucharistic meal ( the Bread and the Wine ) is eaten is called an altar.