EUCHARIST. The Eucharist, also known as the Mass, Communion service, Lord's Supper, and Divine Liturgy, among other names, is the central act of Christian worship, practiced by almost all denominations of Christians. Though varying in form from...

Critics sometimes charge that dispensationalism is an interpretive grid imposed on the Scriptures. In response, dispensationalists point to the biblical usage of the Greek oikonomia in support of their view of history. In short they claim that...

Barnes, Robert. “Images of Hope and Despair: Western Apocalypticism, ca. 1500–1800.” In The Encyclopedia of Apoca-lypticism, vol. 2, edited by Bernard McGinn, 143–184. New York: Continuum, 1998. Bouwsma, William J. John Calvin:...

also known as "The Eucharist" or "The Lord's...

Seven conservative Anglican leaders refused Friday to take Holy Communion with the head of the U.S. branch of the church, who supports ordaining gays and blessing same-sex unions, as the fellowship struggles to avert a split.The boycott came at the six-day meeting of leaders of...

It's a sunny Sunday morning, and altar boys ringing silver bells announce the passage of the Blood and Body of Christ through the ancient streets of Eijsden and its surrounding pastures.Roman Catholic families line the route to watch the start of "Bronkfeest," a local religious...

The spiritual leader of the Anglican Communion on Sunday called for bishops to feel humility before God, as a fierce debate over homosexuality and scripture threatens to break apart the Christian fellowship.Leaders of the world's 77 million Anglicans, in Tanzania for a closed conference that...

The Anglicans' spiritual leader, faced with a deepening rift over homosexuality and scripture in the worldwide Anglican Communion, called Sunday for humility among bishops as the conflict threatens to fracture the church.Leaders of the world's 77 million Anglicans, meeting in Tanzania for a conference that...