Ecumenical Reflection on theEucharist as Sacrament of ChristianLove: Implications for ChurchIdentity and Vocation
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Yohan Alvarez
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- Eucharist, Communion, Lord’s Table, Medicine of Immortality, Pneumatology, Ecumenism, Catholicism, Body of Christ, Love
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This paper seeks to contribute to ecumenical discussions on the
sacrament of Eucharist from a pneumatological approach. Starting
from the theology of John Wesley and Thomas Aquinas, the author
argues that Communion is a sacrament that communicates divine love
through the Incarnate Christ by the power of the Spirit. As a result, the
Eucharist shapes the identity and vocation of the church as the Body
of Christ in the world. Further, in Communion, the Spirit leads the
local Christian assemblies - as localized Bodies of Christ - toward a
catholicism of encounter and inclusion rather than fragmentation and
competition. The paper concludes that the Lord’s Table nourished a
spirituality that seeks to embody Christ’s love for the suffering and
marginalized neighbor. The author invites further reflection on the
Eucharist as a liturgical practice that, rather than dividing, motivates
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