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Parts of the Eucharistic Liturgy

The named parts and ideas of the Eucharistic service: the Lord's Supper, the Words of Institution, the Anaphora or great thanksgiving, the Epiclesis invoking the Spirit, the Fraction or breaking of the bread and the Latter-day Saint Sacrament Meeting. A ritual belongs here when its cited article describes a component of a Christian Eucharistic service. It excludes a whole rite or liturgy, which sits in its own group.

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Sacrament meeting (Wikipedia)
Has Member: Sacrament Meeting, Introduction, sentence 1
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Sacrament meeting is the primary weekly Sunday worship service in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).
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Eucharist (Wikipedia)
Has Member: The Lord's Supper, Introduction, sentences 1-2
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The Eucharist ( YOO-kər-ist; from Koine Greek: εὐχαριστία, romanized: eucharistía, lit. 'thanksgiving'), also called Holy Communion, the Blessed Sacrament or the Lord's Supper, is a Christian rite, considered a sacrament in most churches and an ordinance in others.
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Anaphora (liturgy) (Wikipedia)
Has Member: The Anaphora, Introduction, sentence 1
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The Anaphora (), Eucharistic Prayer, or Great Thanksgiving, is a portion of the Christian liturgy of the Eucharist in which, through a prayer of thanksgiving, the elements of bread and wine are consecrated.
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Fraction (religion) (Wikipedia)
Has Member: The Fraction, Introduction, sentence 1
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The Fraction or fractio panis (Latin for 'breaking of the bread') is the ceremonial act of breaking the consecrated sacramental bread before distribution to communicants during the Eucharistic rite in some Christian denominations, especially Roman Catholicism, Lutheranism and Anglicanism.
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Words of Institution (Wikipedia)
Has Member: The Words of Institution, Introduction, sentence 1
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The Words of Institution, also called the Words of Consecration, are words echoing those of Jesus himself at his Last Supper so that, when consecrating bread and wine, Christian eucharistic liturgies include in a narrative of that event.
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