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Relationship between the ,Table‘ and the ,Altar‘ in the Theology and Ecclesial Practice of the Catholic Church and Evangelical Churches

Both the Catholic Church and Evangelical Churches celebrate the Eucharist ; however, they differ extensively in theology and practice. What both traditions have in common is the fact that the Eucharist is removed from the context of a meal. The purpose of this article is to explore how these two traditions comprehend the connection between the table and the cross, the meal and the sacrifice, in the light of the fact that today our celebration of the Eucharist comes after the event of Jesus’ cross. In other words, we want to detect the Jewish roots of the Eucharist and in a comparative analysis see how Christian and Jewish traditions have interpreted this relationship between the meal and the sacrifice, between the table and the altar. In the second section, we explore the relationship between the altar and the table in the Catholic Church, and in the third section, we do the same thing for Evangelical Churches. In the fourth section, we compare the Eucharistic theology and ecclesial practice of the Catholic Church and Evangelical Churches. We reach the conclusion that there are major irreconcilable differences in the theology of the Eucharist between the Catholic Church and Evangelical Churches, but in practice, both traditions take a similar , altar‘ approach. The Catholic Church is faithful to its teaching and understanding of the Eucharist, while Evangelical Churches display inconsistency when they treat the Eucharist as , a table‘, but observe it more like , an altar‘

Eucharist, altar, table, meal, Catholic Church, Evangelical Churches

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