comes again’. This is not as strong as the Prayer of Consecration in the 1662 which says * that it was Christ who institute, and in his holy Gospel BCP ‘did command us to continue, a perpetual memory of that his precious death, until he coming again.’ make no mention of continuing a remembrance Sunday Services (as does) or continuing a perpetual memory (as the 1662 Common Prayer BCP does). * does say however: us, merciful Father, and Sunday Services ‘Hear grant that we, who eat and drink this bread and wine, may remember his death, and share in his body and blood’, at least suggesting that the remembering is happening at the time of eating and drinking. * expresses this Common Prayer in a more realist manner, saying: us, merciful Father, and grant that we ‘Hear who receive these gifts of your creation, this bread and wine, according to our Saviour’s command, in remembrance of his suffering and death, may share in his body and blood’. Here the reference to gifts is specifically noted as ‘this bread and this wine’ and linked to the remembrance of the Saviour’s command, although the sharing of the body and blood seems to be associated with the reception of the gifts more than the gifts themselves. suggests Common Prayer a realist link between the gifts or signs of bread and wine and the remembering of Christ’s death. The act of eating and drinking the bread and wine does not necessarily have any realist link with the remembering and the sharing, apart from the fact that the act of eating and drinking seem to be occurring at the same time as the sharing in Christ’s body and blood, that is, their reception.
comes again’. This is not as strong as the Prayer of Consecration in the 1662 BCP which says * that it was Christ who ‘did institute, and in his holy Gospel command us to continue, a perpetual memory of that his precious death, until he coming again.’ Sunday Services make no mention of continuing a remembrance (as Common Prayer does) or continuing a perpetual memory (as the 1662 BCP does). * Sunday Services does say however: ‘Hear us, merciful Father, and grant that we, who eat and drink this bread and wine, may remember his death, and share in his body and blood’, at least suggesting that the remembering is happening at the time of eating and drinking. * Common Prayer expresses this in a more realist manner, saying: ‘Hear us, merciful Father, and grant that we who receive these gifts of your creation, this bread and wine, according to our Saviour’s command, in remembrance of his suffering and death, may share in his body and blood’. Here the reference to gifts is specifically noted as ‘this bread and this wine’ and linked to the remembrance of the Saviour’s command, although the sharing of the body and blood seems to be associated with the reception of the gifts more than the gifts themselves. Common Prayer suggests a realist link between the gifts or signs of bread and wine and the remembering of Christ’s death. The act of eating and drinking the bread and wine does not necessarily have any realist link with the remembering and the sharing, apart from the fact that the act of eating and drinking seem to be occurring at the same time as the sharing in Christ’s body and blood, that is, their reception.
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