Eucharist Eucharist : the Sacrament based on the last supper, variously known as the mass the Lords supper, and Holy Communion, based on the Jewish Passover meal and interpreted in a variety of ways. Transubstantiation. Is the medieval doctrine that the bread and the wine are transformed into the body and blood of Christ in the Eucharist while retaining their outward appearance. Consubstantiation. Is the term especially associated with Martin Luther, which holds that the substance of the Eucharistic bread and wine are given together with the substance of the body and blood of Christ. Christ is truly present in the bread and wine, but mysteriously so; the elements remain bread and wine. EXEGESIS: The science of textual interpretation, usually referring specifically to the Bible. The specific techniques or approaches employed in the exegesis of scripture are usually referred to as hermeneutics. Fundamentalism: in general, reliance on a literal interpretation of a writing believed to be inerrant. Christian Fundamentalism is a form of Protestantism that uses a literal interpretation of the Bible as the authority for certain belief or Fundamentals. Deuterocanonical Book: Old Testament writing included in the a Roman Catholic Canon and ( with certain exceptions ) in the Canon of the Orthodox Church, but not in the Hebrew Canon. They were introduced into the Roman Catholic Canon by the Council of Trent in 1546, based on what had been included in the Latin Vulgate translation of the Old Testament. Protestants consider these books yo be part of the Apocrypha . Ecumenical Councils: Gatherings of Bishops summoned by the Emperor to resolve Theological issues, Ecumenical originally meant involving the whole world. After the great schism, Roman Catholicism continued to call its Councils, summoned by the Pope, ecumenical although they no longer included the Orthodox. Some churches today consider the first four Council Authoritative, and others affirm the first Seven, other Churches reject them all.
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