The Christ: A Critical Review and Analysis of the Evidences of His Existence

by John E. Remsburg

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Did Christ command his disciples to repeat and perpetuate the observance of the Eucharist?

Luke: He did. “This do in remembrance of me.”

Matthew, Mark and John: He did not.

It is admitted by Dr. Westcott and others that the earlier versions of Luke did not contain the injunction quoted. Christ, then, according to the Four Gospels did not institute the Eucharist as a sacrament to be observed by his disciples and the church. Referring to the Twelve Apostles, the Rev. Dr. Minot J. Savage says: “They knew nothing about any sacraments; they had not been instituted” (What is Christianity?).