Origin of the Eucharist and the possible intervention of other factors. One key consideration in this is the problem of the Jewish prohibition of drinking blood (see below). Professor Robert J. Daly, S.J., argues that Jesus did indeed institute the Eucharist, though it took generations and centuries of guidance from the Holy Spirit for the Eucharist to reach its current form. "What Jesus did at the Last Supper is obviously at least the generative moment of the institution of the Eucharist." But it was not the Eucharist as we know it. "The Eucharist that Christians now celebrate is what the Church, under the guidance
Names for books of Judeo-Christian scripture Names for books of Judeo-Christian scripture This brief article distinguishes the various terms used to describe (Jew)ish and (Christian)ity scripture. Several terms refer to the same material, although sometimes rearranged. For Jews, the Bible means... Judaism has traditionally held that, along with the Torah, God revealed a series of instructions on how to interpret and apply the Torah. The Torah is referred to as the "written law", while the additional instructions were known as the "Oral law". By the second century CE Jewish sages began writing down interpretations of the Bible; Orthodox Jews consider these writings to embody the "oral