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{{Short description|Sacrament that spiritually nourishes Christians}}
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[[File:Avontmael des Heeren cropped.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|This image from the frontispiece of a book on the subject depicts a [[Dutch Reformed]] service of the [[Eucharist|Lord's Supper]].{{sfn|Mentzer|2013|p=246}}]]
In [[Reformed theology]], the [[Eucharist|Lord's Supper or Eucharist]] is a [[sacrament]] that spiritually nourishes [[Christians]] and strengthens their [[union with Christ]]. The outward or physical action of the sacrament is eating bread and drinking wine. [[Reformed confessions]], which are official statements of the beliefs of Reformed churches, teach that Christ's body and blood are [[real presence|really present]] in the sacrament, and that believers receive, in the words of the [[Belgic Confession]], "the proper and natural body and the proper blood of Christ." The primary difference between the Reformed doctrine and that of Catholic and Lutheran Christians is that for the Reformed, this presence is believed to be communicated in a spiritual manner rather than by his body being physically eaten. The Reformed doctrine of real presence is called "'''pneumatic presence'''" (from {{lang|grc|pneuma}}, a Greek word for spirit; alternatively called "spiritual real presence" or "mystical real presence").
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