Abstract:
An analysis of the double concept of Christ's
body as Church and as Eucharist from Paul's
letters to the Romans and 1 Corinthians. In
the first part an approach to the concept of
swμa and its relation with the Church will be
discussed. The Church as body with its unity
in Christ in midst of the diversity of its
members. In the second part presenting an
approximation to the concept koinonia and the
relation of this with the Eucharist as
participation in the presence of Christ in
the celebration and the bread is treated.
Studying Eucharist as participation in
Christ, the problems in Corinth will be the
basis for the interrelationship between the
Church and the Eucharist, presenting a mutual
agreement of existence and experience. In the
last part implications will be presented for
the life in community and worship with the
prominence of the significance of the
application of koinonia and being Christ's
body as much within the Church as beyond its
borders and the practice of responsibility as
Christ's body in the society and to history
in relation to the areas of justice and
dignity.
