[OLD REGGIE]

Of course there is no explicit development of what happens in the Eucharist in the Bible. God wanted to make sure that theologians of later centuries could get work, so he left stuff for them to dope out.

I'm tired. That's the best I can do for right now.

I'm afraid that's a pretty lame "explanation".

Of course, we have only the words of Jesus clearly and specifically. What weight does that have compared to later day invented "tradition"?

[Mad Dawg]

I note there is no answer to the question about what exactly the "this" was, in DO this in memory of me?

What weight does that have compared to later day invented "tradition"?

Doesn't that depend on who "invented" the "tradition"?

[maryz]

Of course, we have only the words of Jesus clearly and specifically. What weight does that have compared to later day invented "tradition"?

Don't you have that backwards? We have the words of Jesus only because the Church preserved them and passed them along with the rest of tradition (including the NT). The Church and the practice of the Eucharist predate the NT.