Consecration, Presidency and Distribution
Many Christian churches holding to a doctrine of the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist (for example, Roman Catholics, Eastern Orthodox, Anglicans and Lutherans) require ordained clergy to officiate at the Eucharist, consecrating and distributing the elements to communicants.
Some groups, chiefly Protestants, have a different concept of consecration, seeing it as a setting aside (or "setting apart"). Those who see consecration as a "setting aside" or "setting apart" require church leaders (pastors, elders and deacons) to preside over the elements and distribute them.
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