click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Confirmation
Sacrament of The Altar
Term | Definition |
---|---|
The Passover | The feast that celebrates when the angel of death passed over the Israelites when they were in slavery. |
New Testament | The promise of the Lord's Supper that the blood of Christ was shed in our place for the forgiveness of sins in place of us dieing eternally |
the real presence | That the true body and blood of Christ are present and distributed to every communicant in the Lord's Supper. |
Holy Communion | The term for Christ's body and blood. |
The Lord's Supper | The term for the Sacrament of the Altar which speaks of it as the food. |
the breaking of the bread | The New Testament term for the Lord's Supper. |
Divine Service | When God serves us with His gifts of forgiveness, life, and salvation through the preaching of the Word and the giving out of Christ's sacraments, and when, by a faith born of the Gospel, we pray, we praise, and give thanks to all of His benefits. |
Kyrie | "Lord have mercy, Christ have mercy, Lord have mercy." |
Gloria in Excelsis | "Glory be to God on high and on Earth, peace and goodwill toward men." |
the Sanctus | The ancient hymn of heaven and earth that is sung in the Divine Service at the consecration of the bread and wine. |
the Agnus Dei | "Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world." |
the Offertory | The prayer of faith in Christ, sung in response to the Word of God after the sermon. |
worthy reception | "This is My body which is given for you...This cup is the new testament in My Blood which is shed for you, for the forgiveness of sins." |
examination | When the pastor questions a person to discern his confession of faith, before confirming him, granting him membership in the congregation, absolving him, or admitting him to the Lord's Table. |
closed communion | are baptized |
closed communion | confess faith in Christ alone in salvation |
closed communion | confess faith in the presence of God |
closed communion | are penitent sinners |
closed communion | are one with us in their confession of faith |