Christian rite observed by consuming bread and wine

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A Swedish clergyman showing the chalice to children at their first communion. Wood engraving after E. Oehme, 1881.

Christians in the catacombs celebrate the communion, threatened by Roman soldiers who are descending the stairs behind them. Lithograph after A. Leloir.

Angels venerating a monstrance. Coloured lithograph, 1842.

The communion as practiced by the Anabaptists: two scenes. Etching by J.V. Schley, 1736.

The eye of God, with the dove of the Holy Spirit, the Sacred Hearts of Christ and the Virgin, and the Eucharist, venerated by a male saint and Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque; below, the Visitation with Joseph and Zacharias. Engraving by A.A. Bourgeois de la Richardiere.

The Eucharist venerated by Saint Bonaventure and Saint Anthony of Padua; surrounded by related symbols, texts and doctrines. Etching by F. Villamena, 1598, after Antonio Tempesta.

Exercitatio academica, de reliquiis sacramenti in matrimonialibus ubi ostenditur, recte quidem reiectum esse a nostris, theologis pariter & ictis, illud pontificiorum dogma, quo matrimonium dicitur sacramentum ... / Dirigente Io. Samuele Strykio ... ; in forma dissertationis a Io. Philippem Odelem ... habita ; cui nunc accessit index rerum et materiorum uberrimus.

A Catholic communion. Wood engraving by H. Linton after E.-G. Bocourt.

Rich. Baxters Apology against the modest exceptions of Mr T. Blake. And the digression of Mr G. Kendall : Whereunto is added animadversions on a late dissertation of Ludiomæus Colvinus, aliàs, Ludovicus Molinæus, M. Dr Oxon. And an admonition of Mr W. Eyre of Salisbury. With Mr Crandon's anatomy for satisfaction of Mr Caryl.

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The Eucharist venerated by Saint Bonaventure and Saint Anthony of Padua; surrounded by related symbols, texts and doctrines. Etching by F. Villamena, 1598, after Antonio Tempesta.

A Catholic communion. Wood engraving by H. Linton after E.-G. Bocourt.

A Swedish clergyman showing the chalice to children at their first communion. Wood engraving after E. Oehme, 1881.