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, as found in the Thanksgiving and Response section, is prayed by an authorized minister as set forth in The Book of Discipline.

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.

* Word and Table I, The Eucharistic Liturgy of The United Methodist Church.

In April 2005, bishops in the United Methodist Church approved A Proposal for Interim Eucharistic Sharing.

In April 2005, the United Methodist Council of Bishops approved " A Proposal for Interim Eucharistic Sharing.

Day gave her final public appearance at the Eucharistic Congress held on August 6, 1976, in the City of Philadelphia to honor the Bicentennial of the United States.

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:

* June 21-Ocean liners carrying thousands of pilgrims from the United States, Lapland and the Netherlands arrive in Irish ports for the Eucharistic Congress.

The practice of prolonged Eucharistic adoration also spread to the United States in the 19th century and Saint John Neumann the Archbishop of Philadelphia stated Forty Hours adorations there, where it continues to date.

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:

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.

Pope Paul closed the third period on November 21 by announcing a change in the Eucharistic fast and formally reaffirming Mary as " Mother of the Church ".

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 ).

On one hand, the document says that non-Catholic Christian ecclesial communities that have not preserved a valid episcopate and the genuine and integral substance of the Eucharistic mystery are not Churches in the proper sense and that non-Christians are seriously deficient in terms of access to the means of salvation in comparison with those who in the Church have the full means of salvation.

Among the more notable miracles approved by the Church are several Eucharistic miracles wherein the sacramental bread and wine are transformed into Christ's flesh and blood, such as the Miracle of Lanciano.

The Roman Catholic Church distinguishes between the Mass in its understanding and what some Anglicans and Lutherans call the Mass, since it considers that they lack the sacrament of orders and therefore " have not preserved the genuine and total reality of the Eucharistic mystery.

* the Uppsala Creed of 1909, preparing for Eucharistic communion with the Church of England,

In the Eucharistic liturgy and in the daily prayers of her faithful, the Church implores the mercy of God, who does not want " any to perish, but all to come to repentance ...".

The Mass, a form of sacred musical composition, is a choral composition that sets the invariable portions of the Eucharistic liturgy ( principally that of the Catholic Church, the Anglican Communion, and the Lutheran Church ) to music.

In this case the Church itself makes up for the three conditions normally required for a plenary indulgence: sacramental confession, Eucharistic communion and prayer for the Pope's intentions.

The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America ( ELCA ), the largest Lutheran Church in America, however, practices their own form of open communion meaning the Eucharist is offered to adults without receiving the catechetical instruction, as long as they are a baptized believer in Christ's presence in the Eucharistic meal.

It is similar to the Syrian Church eucharist rite of the Holy Qurbana of Addai and Mari, belonging to " a primordial era when the euchology of the Church had not yet inserted the Institution Narrative in the text of the Eucharistic Prayer.

In the Episcopal Church, there are six specialized lay ministries requiring a license: Pastoral Leader, Worship Leader, Preacher, Eucharistic Minister, Eucharistic Visitor, and Catechist.

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.

* Church of St. Stephen-Church of the Holy Miracle ( Igreja do Santissimo Milagre ) Home to the 13th-century Eucharistic Miracle of Santarém, a popular destination among Catholics worldwide.

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.

* Between the High and Low Church positions lies the view that Anglicanism ( as a Broad Church ) permits a range of theological views, each of which ( with the possible exception of the Roman Catholic notion of transubstantiation ) is an equally welcome expression of Eucharistic theology within the Anglican context.