El “memorial” en el Nuevo Testamento, cada vez y para siempre: apuntes bíblico-teológicos

When the scholars deal with the “Memorial” in the New Testament, they generally look over the oldest manuscript of 1 Co 11, 23-26. But the scarcity of references to this passage in the New Testament invites the reader to the Old Testament where the “Memorial” crops up related to the Hebrew word “zikkarón” in the feast which celebrates the liberation of Egypt and the Passage of Exodus. Nevertheless, the Exodus passages were fixed after the exile in Babylon and that´s the reason it remembers the history of Israel when the Passover remained unified with the feast of the Unleavened Bread. These features are closely linked with the Passover meal where Jesus asked his disciples to be transformed in “zikkarón” for the benefit of the Community. It´s from this point that the “Memorial” recovers its existential meaning for the believers today as well as a living style modeled on Jesus way of life