The Catholic Creation Myth

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This paper describes the Catholic creation myth and how it is a sacred narrative that explains the order of the world. It explains the purpose of the creation myth and then focuses on the creation myth of the Eucharist. The paper discusses the powerful symbolism of the creation myth of the Eucharist and its meaning for Catholics and Catholicism.

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"The creation myth of the Eucharist pervades the lives of all Catholics, and provides the basis for worship that brings Jesus to Catholicism in his earthly form as a means of re-enacting the vision and seeing the presence of Jesus Christ on earth at all times. The creation myth is the means of bringing Jesus to earth for Catholics, and is the source of the of the most positive, moral and holy aspect of the Catholic faith. The creation myth provides fundamental rituals that unify and elevate Catholics in the creation of sacred time through the re-enactment of the creation myth, and most of all allows Catholics to give thanks."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Eliade, Mircea. 1963. Myth and Reality. New York: Harper & Row.
• "A History of Eucharistic Re-mythologization." Given on August 11, 1997 at the Grace Institute for Religious Learning: http://www.apocryphile.org/jrm/articles/remythologize.html
• Hooker, Richard Hooker. "The Early Church." 2007: the early church: http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/CHRIST/CHURCH.HTM
• Kelly, Joseph Ph.D and McGinn, Sheila Ph. D "The Basic Ideas of Mircea Eliade's The Sacred and the Profane." 2007: http://www.jcu.edu/bible/101/Readings/EliadeSacredTime.htm
• Loewen, Jacob A. 1969a. The structure and content of myths. Practical Anthropology 16 (July-August): 150-159.

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