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The Last Supper, in Christianity, ritual commemoration of Jesus' Last Supper with his disciples, at which according to tradition he gave them bread with the words, This is my body, and wine with the words, This is my blood.
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St Justin writes the description of Rite.
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Latin was now the Language of the liturgy
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Law was passed to give people the right to the lay people to receive communion at least one time in a calendar year
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Pope Pius published a roman missal that thoroughly explained the ritual of the Eucharist.
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Dedication to the blessed sacrament continued to shine, although people rarely received communion until 1910, when Pope Pius X permitted children who attained the age of maturity to receive holy communion and encouraged frequent communion by all the faithful.
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Church tradition teaches how the Eucharist began at the Last Supper. In Paul's first letter to the Corinthians he describes a Eucharist celebrated in connection with a common supper shared in the homes of the early Christians.