Bible Dictionary: Bread: Symbolical of the Body of Christ

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Matthew 26:26
And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and broke it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body.
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Acts 20:7
And on the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached to them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight.
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1 Corinthians 11:23,24
For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered to you, That the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread:
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Eucharistic Doctrine.
... as Origen afterwards did between the symbolical food and ... Waterland adds, "are made
the representative body of Christ ... what he says of the bread's receiving the ...
/.../cyril/lectures of s cyril of jerusalem/chapter vii eucharistic doctrine.htm

The Institution of the Eucharist. (Luke, xxii. , 17-20. )
... to endure after his departure"had a symbolical character, they ... body and blood; ie,
represents to you my body and blood." The breaking of the bread was a ...
/.../section 268 the institution of.htm

Feeding Upon Christ.
... The body does not feed upon it, but the soul. ... 3. Verses 51-56 show that the Bread
of life must be ... his blood are not literal acts, but are symbolical expressions ...
/.../johnson/the new testament commentary vol iii john/feeding upon christ.htm

Why the Pharisees were not a Plant of God. Teaching of Origen on ...
... the glory of God in the face of Christ should not ... it is not the material of the bread
but the ... these things indeed are said of the typical and symbolical body. ...
/.../origens commentary on the gospel of matthew/14 why the pharisees were.htm

Articuli visitatorii.
... taken from Müller's edition of the Symbolical Books of ... received together: one, earthly,
which is bread and wine ... That the true and natural body of Christ which ...
/.../the creeds of the evangelical protestant churches/articuli visitatorii.htm

The Lord's Supper.
... as spiritual food, as the true bread from heaven ... as members of the same mystical
body of Christ ... of institution may indicate a figurative or symbolical (as well ...
/.../schaff/history of the christian church volume i/section 55 the lords supper.htm

Faustus Denies that the Prophets Predicted Christ. Augustin Proves ...
... out of her window a scarlet line symbolical of blood ... of famine, Elijah is fed by
ravens bringing bread in the ... So the body of Jesus Christ, which is the Church ...
/.../faustus denies that the prophets.htm

Doctrine and Discipline of the Church
... Sometimes a reed was used; later on, bread dipped in wine ... it was only regarded as
an act symbolical of the ... who has a true ministry over Christ's body; and this ...
/.../medley/the church and the empire/chapter xi doctrine and discipline.htm

Letter xxxvi. (AD 396. )
... day of the feast of unleavened bread, the disciples ... for fasting, as fasting is
symbolical of humiliation ... Jewish Sabbath, on which day Christ's body rested in ...
/.../augustine/the confessions and letters of st/letter xxxvi a d 396.htm

Bread in the Desert
... If we remember the symbolical meaning of what He did, and that as ... He makes no new
members of the body, but restores old ... For in truth He is Himself this bread. ...
/.../chadwick/the gospel of st mark/chapter 6 30-46 bread in the.htm

Subtopics

Bread

Bread by Idolaters

Bread in Times of Scarcity, Sold by Weight

Bread of Christ

Bread was Baked in Ovens

Bread was Baked: On Coals of Fire

Bread was Baked: On Hearths

Bread was Formed Into: Cakes

Bread was Formed Into: Loaves

Bread was Formed Into: Wafers

Bread was Kneaded