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Words of Institution

The words of Christ spoken over the bread and wine, recorded in the Gospels and in 1 Corinthians 11. Lutherans treat them as the promise that makes the sacrament what it is, not as a formula that works by being pronounced correctly.

In Sacraments — Baptism, the Lord's Supper, confession, and the language around them.

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