For Zwingli,the Eucharist:
A)offered Christ's real presence through the communion elements.
B)was an important commemoration of Christ's historical sacrifice on the cross.
C)was the one Roman Catholic sacrament that did not need to be reformed.
D)was a corrupt rite that no longer needed to be celebrated in Christian churches.
E)was a sacrament that had no basis in Scripture.

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Zwingli believed that the Eucharist was an important commemoration of Christ's historical sacrifice on the cross, but he did not believe in the real presence of Christ in the communion elements. He rejected the Catholic belief in transubstantiation and instead saw the Eucharist as a purely symbolic act.