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It is said to have originated with the Assyrians and Babylonians, and was adopted by the Persians in the 6th century BC.
It was carried to the eastern Mediterranean countries by Alexander the Great in the 4th century BC, and it was introduced to Rome by the Phoenicians in the 3rd century BC. -
Jesus was at the last super and had bread and wine and said it was his body and blood so then the eucharist was made. -
Christians are monotheistic, which means they believe in a single God who created the heavens and the earth.
The parent (God himself), the son (Jesus Christ), and the Holy Spirit make up this holy Godhead. -
St Paul in his first letter to the Corinthians which links it back to the Last Supper and three in the Synoptic Gospels in the context of that same meal. -
The Eucharist represents God's new covenant with his followers.
The ancient covenant was the one that God made with Israel when he rescued them from Egypt's servitude.
The new sacrament represents liberation from sin's shackles and the promise of eternal life. -
The Eucharist is an important part of Christian worship.
All Christians would agree that it is a commemorative act in which the church remembers what Jesus Christ was, spoke, and did by eating bread and drinking wine or, for some Protestants, grape juice or water. -
The Eucharist, also called holy communion, the sacrament, or the Lord's supper, is a kind of religious ritual in many Christian churches. It started when Jesus Christ told his followers to eat bread (His body) and drink wine (His blood) in memory of him, at the Last Supper. -
The Christian church and beliefs become more organized over time. The Edict of Milan, issued by Emperor Constantine in 313 AD, embraced Christianity and made it the official religion of the Roman Empire ten years later.