{"id":1069,"date":"2017-11-24T11:46:00","date_gmt":"2017-11-24T11:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.smallpage.online\/2017\/11\/24\/why-do-orthodox-christians-use-leavened\/"},"modified":"2019-03-08T10:35:15","modified_gmt":"2019-03-08T10:35:15","slug":"why-do-orthodox-christians-use-leavened","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/catalog.obitel-minsk.com\/blog\/2017\/11\/why-do-orthodox-christians-use-leavened","title":{"rendered":"Why Do Orthodox Christians Use Leavened Bread?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"featured_img aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/catalog.obitel-minsk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/liturg84.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"428\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"498\" data-original-width=\"743\" \/><strong>Q: <\/strong><em>Why do the Orthodox use leavened bread since leaven is a symbol of sin? Is not Christ\u2019s Body sinless?<\/em><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>A:<\/strong> Orthodox Christians use leavened bread because this is the ancient apostolic practice. The introduction of unleavened bread dates to the 8th century. As the Catholic Encyclopedia notes: \u201cIt is a debated question whether Christ used leavened or unleavened bread at the institution of the Holy Eucharist, since different conclusions may be drawn, on the one hand, from the gospel of St. John and the synoptic Gospels on the other. History does not establish conclusively what the practice of the Apostles and their successors was, but it may be asserted with some probability that they made use of whatever bread was at hand, whether azymous or fermented.\u201d Most Orthodox scholars would argue that St. John\u2019s chronology should be seen as a clarification and therefore adhered to. This, combined with the fact that the word \u2018artos\u2019 generally means regular bread, favor the view that the Lord used leavened bread.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It is true that yeast is often presented in Scripture as a symbol of sin, but as common bread was used throughout the year for the Eucharist in the Apostolic Churches, the leavened character was understood as symbolic of life \u2013 the living and risen body of Christ. (See also Luke 13:20).<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Q: Why do the Orthodox use leavened bread since leaven is a symbol of sin? 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