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First recorded example of bread and wine being shared.
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Moses gives instructions to Israelites how to avoid getting killed by the angel of death.
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A basilica is a large public building with multiple functions, typically built alongside the town's forum.
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Jesus having some bread and wine with his disciples.
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Early Christianity is generally reckoned by church historians to begin with the ministry of Jesus
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For Medieval Christians, the Eucharist was not only at the heart of the Mass, its presence and symbolism also wielded enormous influence over cultural and civic life
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The actual presence of Christ's body and blood in the Eucharistic elements.
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The council called thousands of bishops and other religious leaders to the Vatican, where they forged a new set of operating principles for the Roman Catholic Church.
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The Eucharist has formed a central rite of Christian worship. All Christians would agree that it is a memorial action in which, by eating bread and drinking the church recalls what Jesus Christ was, said, and did.