AQA GCSE Religious Studies B · 8063
Specification 3.1.4.1 · Paper 1
Revise: Architecture and DesignThe tabernacle is a secure container holding consecrated Eucharistic bread after Mass, known as the reserved sacrament. Catholics believe in the Real Presence: Jesus is truly present in the Eucharist, not merely symbolised by it. A sanctuary lamp indicates that the sacrament is reserved there.