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Period: 5 BCE to
Passover
The Jewish ritual of the Passover celebrates mosses freeing the Israelites from slavery in Egypt. It was the sharing of the meal, but was not yet a symbol of Jesus. It symbolizes mosses freeing the Israelites from slavery. -
4 BCE
unleavened bread
at the Jewish Passover ritual god wanted the participants of this ritual to eat unleavened bread to represent and remind of how quickly they fled Egypt, that they did not have time to let the bread rise. -
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the last supper
At the last supper, a Passover celebrated by Jesus and his disciples he broke the bread and made it symbolize his body and the wine his blood. The breaking of the bread and wine to symbolize his body and blood, this was still a Passover. Jesus breaking the bread and pouring the wine symbolized his body and blood. -
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after Jesus death
The apostles of Jesus and their successors developed the last supper into the breaking of the bread. Different to the meals of the Passover and last supper more closer to present Eucharist.
Symbolized the last supper and him breaking the bread and pouring the wine. -
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later
The religious persecutions suddenly ended, giving the Christians freedom to open build basilicas and churches, this developed the Eucharist and religion as a whole. No fear of persecution allowed them to openly practice their religion much like today. It became a symbol of Jesus and Christianity. -
communion waffers
the church over time changes to the communion wafers used today in church, these are mass produced in Rhode island are are then supplied to 3 quarters of the catholic church. -
before today
in most churches during communion everyone would drink the wine symbolizing the blood of Jesus from the same chalice and hand out the bread that represents the body of Christ. -
today
since the global covid-19 pandemic better hygiene had to be practiced everywhere including all churches, now at mass only the priest will drink from the chalice.
