Glossary Term
Risk: Medium- Approved rendering
- ευχαριστία
- Transliteration
- efcharistía
- Rejected alternatives
- Θεία Ευχαριστία αποκλειστικά (η Ευχαριστία ως Μυστήριο)
Thanksgiving
Same word root as the Eucharist itself (Θεία Ευχαριστία, the sacrament of Holy Communion). Romans’ general sense of gratitude to God must be distinguished from the specific sacramental reference — an ambiguity essentially unique to Greek among the languages in this pipeline, given the word is literally identical.