What Does It Mean to &quote;Do This&quote;? e-bog

Jesus' best-known mandate--after perhaps the mandate to love God and neighbor--was given at the Last Supper just before his death: "e;Do this in memory of me."e; Indeed, a case can be made that to "e;do this"e; is the source and summit of the way Christians carry out Jesus' love-mandate. Of course, Christians have debated what it means to "e;do this,"e; and these debates have all too often led to divisions within and between them--debates over leavened and unleavened bread, reception of the cup, real presence and sacrifice, "e;open"e; or "e;closed"e; communion, this Supper and the hunger of the world. These divisions seem to fly in the face of Jesus' mandate, causing some to wonder whether this is "e;really"e; the Lord's Supper we celebrate (compare 1 Corinthians 11). Everything turns on just what it means to "e;do this."e; The purpose of the Center for Catholic and Evangelical Theology's 2012 conference was to address at least some of the many aspects of this question--to address them together, as Catholic, Protestant, and Orthodox pastors and theologians, and all participants in the Supper.