Blood of Christ
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Blood of Christ, also known as the Most Precious Blood, in
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The Lutheran churches follow the teaching of Martin Luther in defining the presence of Christ in the eucharistic elements as sacramental union (often misconstrued as consubstantiation), meaning that the fundamental "substance" of the body and blood of Christ are literally present alongside the substance of the bread and wine, which remain present. Lutherans too believe in and teach the Real Presence. Other Protestant churches reject the idea of the Real Presence; they observe eucharistic rites as simply memorials.
History
In the early Church, the
The tradition continued in the Church in the East to commingle the species of bread and wine, whereas in the West, the Church had the practice of
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The Catholic Church teaches that the bread and wine, through transubstantiation, become the body, blood, soul and divinity of Christ—in other words, the whole Christ—when consecrated.
Devotion to the Precious Blood was a special phenomenon of
Various prayers are part of the Catholic devotion to the Precious Blood. Those that mention the Blood include the
Eastern Orthodox
The
Devotion
In the Eastern Orthodox churches, and those
When receiving Holy Communion, the clergy (deacons, priests and bishops) will receive the Body of Christ separately from the Blood of Christ. Then, the remaining portions of the consecrated
Artistic depictions
The blood shed by Christ was a common theme in early modern Italian art. Paintings of Christ depicted on the cross and as the Man of Sorrows have consistently been some of the bloodiest images in Christian art. The blood of Christ was a compelling artistic symbol of his incarnation and sacrifice. As a theme for contemplation, it provided worshippers with a means to articulate their devotion.[7]
Relics of the Blood around the world
- Basilica of the Holy Blood, Bruges, Belgium
- Weingarten Abbey, Germany
- Abbey of the Holy Trinity, Fécamp, France
- St. James's Church, Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany
- The Sudarium of Oviedo
- The Shroud of Turin
- The Relic of the Holy Blood, Westminster, England
See also
- Blood of Jesus Christ (military order)
- Body of Christ
- Missionaries of the Precious Blood
- Precious Blood Catholic Church
- Feast of the Most Precious Blood
- New Covenant
- Ichor
- Procession of the Holy Blood
- Sacramental wine
- Shroud of Turin
- Society of the Precious Blood – Anglican sisters
- Devotions To The Precious Blood
References
- ^ "In the celebration (of the Eucharist) we believe the Lord Jesus Christ to be present, not typically, nor figuratively, nor by superabundant grace, as in the other Mysteries, nor by a bare presence, as some of the Fathers have said concerning Baptism, [...] but truly and really, so that after the consecration of the bread and of the wine, the bread is transmuted, transubstantiated, converted and transformed into the true Body Itself of the Lord, Which was born in Bethlehem of the ever-Virgin, was baptized in the Jordan, suffered, was buried, rose again, was received up, sitteth at the right hand of the God and Father, and is to come again in the clouds of Heaven; and the wine is converted and transubstantiated into the true Blood Itself of the Lord, Which as He hung upon the Cross, was poured out for the life of the world" (Decree XVII Archived 2011-09-27 at the Wayback Machine).
- ^ "The bread and wine are changed, or transubstantiated, into the very Body of Christ, and into the very Blood of Christ" (question 339).
- ^ a b Toner, Patrick (1908). Communion under Both Kinds. Vol. 4. New York: Robert Appleton Company. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
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ignored (help) - ^ Wedig, Mark E (2013). "Reception of the Eucharist Under Two Species". www.pastoralliturgy.org. Liturgy Training Publications. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
- ^ Evelyn Underhill, "The Fountain of Life: An Iconographical Study," The Burlington Magazine 17:86 (May 1910, pp. 99–101 [100]).
- ^ The first historian of the "Saint Sang" was the Abbé Carton, "Essai sur l'histoire du Saint Sang," Bruges, 1857. (noted Underhill 1910: 100 note).
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Further reading
- Faber, Frederick William. The Precious Blood: or, The Price of Our Salvation. 5th ed. 1860. London: Burns & Oates; Baltimore: John Murphy. Reprint: Rockford, Ill.: TAN Books, 1979. ISBN 0-895-55075-X
- Sollier, J.F. (1913). Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. . In Herbermann, Charles (ed.).
- Vincent, Nicholas (2001). The Holy Blood: King Henry III and the Westminster Blood relic. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-57128-6.
- Heinlen, Michael (1998). "An Early Image of a Mass of St. Gregory and Devotion to the Holy Blood at Weingarten Abbey". S2CID 194506325.
- Bynum, Caroline Walker (2002). "The Blood of Christ in the Later Middle Ages". Church History. 71 (4): 685–71. S2CID 163081233.