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the bread signifies the body of Christ while the wine signifies the blood of Christ as stated in Jesus' famous words during the last supper
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it originated at the last supper when Jesus did the first eucharist and gave his disciples bread, calling it his body, and them giving them wine and calling it his blood
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around the first 20 years after Jesus died they preformed the eucharist alongside a meal similar to the last supper
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Paul states in his letter to the Corinthians that if they eat and drink the Body and Blood of the Lord in an unworthy way, they will carry the guilt of the Lord’s Body and Blood.
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if they eat and drink the Body and Blood of the Lord in an unworthy way, they will carry the guilt of the Lord’s Body and Blood.
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They celebrated the eucharist in part to keep the memory of jesus alive and encouraging the hope of early Christians that Jesus would return again
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First known recorded evidence of the Eucharist
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not everyone received the eucharist, believing that they were unworthy to receive it, the partaking of the eucharist became more of a limited thing, being held more during special occasions many adults only having it once a year also children under the age of 12 were no longer allowed to have it anymore
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it became obligatory for Catholics to receive communion once a year at Easter
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they no longer did it alongside a meal and the eucharist was a separate thing from that, the bread and wine were consecrated with a prayer, and some would bring parts of the eucharist back to their families to give to those you could not participate or to have during the week
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the eucharist today is preformed alongside this big ceremony we do each year with liturgies and a priest and stuff, we dont all drink the wine but we get the body
