A Catechism for Girls and Boys

Questions about the Word, the Church and the Ordinances

134. Q. What does the bread [of the Lord’s Supper] represent?
          A. The bread represents the body of Christ, broken for our sins.

(Click through to read scriptural proofs.)

• Matthew 26:26

  Now as they were eating, Jesus took bread, andafter blessing it broke it and gave it to the disciples, and said, “Take, eat; this is my body.”

• 1 Corinthians 11:24
  

  … and when he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, “This is my body which is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.”

Scripture quoted from the English Standard Version.

Taken from A Catechism for Girls and Boys found here.

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