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the last supper appears in all three gospels, mark, Mathew and Luke. evidence of the last supper was also found in the first Corinthians. this shows how early people have celebrated the last supper.
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It states that the unbaptized left the assembly before the Eucharist proper began "Let none eat or drink of your Eucharist but such as have been baptized into the name of the Lord, for of a truth the Lord hath said concerning this, Give not that which is holy unto dogs.".
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Justin Martyr speaks of the last supper as more than a meal: "the food over which the prayer of thanksgiving, the word received from Christ, has been said ... is the flesh and blood of this Jesus who became flesh ... and the deacons carry some to those who are absent."
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Ignatius of Antioch is one of the Apostolic Fathers. He mentions the Eucharist as "the flesh of our Savior Jesus Christ"
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Around the fourth century, various rituals and customs began to make their way into local traditions around major cities. These traditions developed into what are now called liturgical rites.
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The Fourth Council of the Lateran spoke of Jesus Christ, whose body and blood are contained in the sacrament of the altar under the forms of bread and wine.
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The Eucharist is celebrated throughout almost all catholic churches. It commemorates Christ's death by crucifixion. To meet modern requirements in this day, the bread is most commonly gluten free and the wine can be only minimally fermented, called mustum to lower its alcohol content.
