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...conservative on doctrine. Says a close Vatican adviser: "Such talk is totally incomprehensible to Pope John Paul. To him, Christian doctrine is one unified whole, a package deal that doesn't break down into social and theological, this-worldly and otherworldly. There is a social message in the Eucharist, just as there is a doctrinal basis for social action. In fact, he sees the Eucharist as the primary social action, a moment when all people are unified with each other and with Christ, when division and class struggle are impossible...
...English masse, festival mass, from Late Latin missa, eucharist, possibly deriving from phrases such as Itemissa est, "Go, it is the dismissal...
...commission to try to smooth over the tough remaining doctrinal and practical problems that stand in the way of reunion of the two branches of Christianity, in particular the Vatican's attitude toward the validity of Anglican orders and the question of the sharing of the Eucharist...
Communion. To the casual eye, the four groups of Christians seem to hold roughly the same beliefs about the Eucharist. But the divisive, central question concerns belief in the "real presence" of Christ's body and blood in the Communion elements. In their talks with Vatican delegates, the Lutherans have affirmed the actual "presence of Christ's body and blood in, with and under bread and wine." The Anglican-Catholic unity commission jointly professes belief in Christ's "true presence, effectually signified by the bread and wine, which, in this mystery, become his body and blood...
...Christ) telephone directory lists: the Corpus Christi Flea Market, the Corpus Christi Mud Pit Services, the Corpus Christi Amusement Co., the Corpus Christi Speedway, and the Corpus Christi Pistol and Rifle Club. Where is the righteous indignation of Bishop Drury over these slurrings of the sacrament of the Eucharist...