Blood of Christ
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"Faith offers us much more,—says he, de Spectac, c. 29 ss.,—something much stronger; thanks to the redemption, joys of quite another kind stand at our disposal; instead of athletes we have our martyrs; we wish for blood, well, we have the blood of Christ."--On the Genealogy of Morality (1887) by Nietzsche |
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Blood of Christ in Christian theology refers to (a) the physical blood actually shed by Jesus Christ from the foreskin and later on the Cross, and the salvation which Christianity teaches was accomplished thereby; and (b) the sacramental blood present in the Eucharist, which is considered by Catholic, Orthodox, Anglican, and Lutheran Christians to be the same blood of Christ shed on the Cross. The Catholic Church, as well as the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, Anglican, and Lutheran churches, believe that in the Eucharist, the faithful receive Jesus' literal blood under the species of wine.
Relics of the Blood around the world
- Basilica of the Holy Blood, Bruges, Belgium
- Weingarten Abbey, Germany
- Abbey of the Holy Trinity, Fécamp, France
- St. Jakob Church, Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany
- Basilica di Sant'Andrea di Mantova, Mantua, Italy
- The Sudarium of Oviedo
See also
- Anglican Eucharistic theology
- Blood of Jesus Christ (military order)
- Body of Christ
- Eucharist
- Missionaries of the Precious Blood
- Precious Blood Catholic Church
- Feast of the Most Precious Blood
