The Lord's Supper: A Reflection on Remembrance and Redemption
Exploring the significance of the Lord's Supper through images and quotes, this content delves into the remembrance of Jesus' sacrifice and its impact on personal salvation and communal transformation. It discusses various theological perspectives on the atonement, inviting contemplation on life, death, and the restoration of God's peace.
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DO THIS IN REMEMBRANCE OF ME The Lord s Supper as dangerous memory
Dominical command 1 Corinthians 11:24-25 Luke 22:19b ANAMNESIS: MEAL AS MEMORY
This is my body that is for you. Do this in remembrance of me. This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me. 1 CORINTHIANS 11:24 & 25
This is my body, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me. LUKE 22:19
His death? His life? Life and death? WHAT IS REMEMBERED/MEMORIALISED?
Assurance of personal salvation? Personal & communal transformation? Dangerous memory (Johann Baptist Metz) Restoring God s peace WHY IS IT REMEMBERED?
Paul Anselm Calvin Classical Reformed Form for the Lord s Supper FOCUS ON DEATH OF JESUS
For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord s death until he comes. PAUL (1 COR 11:26)
Cur Deus Homo Satisfaction theory of atonement Jesus death as atonement for the wrath of God and the restoration of God s honour ANSELM (1033/4-1109)
Penal substitution theory of atonement Christ punished/penalised in the place of sinners Satisfying the demands of God s justice CALVIN (1509-1564)
CLASSICAL REFORMED FORM FOR THE LORD S SUPPER
Abelard Ren Girard FOCUS ON LIFE AND DEATH
Moral influence theory of atonement Alternative to Anselm Jesus (life and) death as ultimate demonstration of God s love Changing the human perception of God ABELARD (1079-1142)
Objection to Anselm: human violence projected on God Life and death of Jesus expose the complicity of the sacred with human violence Create an alternative space where violence is abandoned REN GIRARD (1923-2015)
Transformative function of the life of Jesus personal communal Transformative function of the death of Jesus communal personal ANAMNESIS AS TRANSFORMATION
Unmasking violence, injustice and exclusion Violent death Intelligence of the victim DANGEROUS MEMORY
Shift from exclusive focus on death > focus on life and death Radical nature of the life of Jesus Violent nature of the death of Jesus Transformative power of memory IMPLICATIONS FOR THE CELEBRATION OF THE LORD S SUPPER
We didn't start the fire It was always burning Since the world's been turning We didn't start the fire But when we are gone Will it still burn on, and on, and on, and on We didn't start the fire It was always burning Since the world's been turning We didn't start the fire No we didn't light it But we tried to fight it - Billy Joel
