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Originally Posted by Sept5SavedTeen
Yes, but the question is why do some think either bread is theologically ok for communion? Or some think leavened bread is preferrable and more likely what was eaten at the last supper...
-Bro. Alex
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For communion? Yes. For Passover? No.
The difference revolves around some ambiguity in the Gospels about when exactly it was that Christ was crucified and the description of the "bread" itself at the Last Supper.
When the Bible says, "He took the bread..." the word for "bread" here is the generic word used for regular leavened bread. Thus, it would appear that the Lord had this meal with his disciples before the traditional Jewish Passover or Seder. The Greek is pretty clear that this was not unleavened bread.
Therefore, if communion is to commemorate this meal ("this do in remembrance of me...") then the use of leavened bread is perfectly acceptable and a commemoration of that meal and the life that was sacrificed for us immediately thereafter.
If however, one is celebrating a Seder and the remembrance of the Passover Lamb that was sacrificed for us, then unleavened bread would be appropriate.
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